Abstract

Nasal oxygen applied by nasal prongs reduced tidal volume and increased carbon dioxide partial pressure in patients with chronic heart failure but not in comparable controls, whereas the patients showed a more pronounced decrease in heart rate with oxygen. These findings indicate that nasal oxygen has distinct effects on ventilation and heart rate in chronic heart failure.

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