Kawano Hiroaki, Ikeda Tooru, Shimazaki Koichi, Arakawa Shuji, Matsumoto Yuji, Hayano Motonobu, Maemura Koji
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan.
Intern Med. 2013;52(7):771-6. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8659. Epub 2013 Apr 1.
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by physical, psychological and physiological abnormalities. Obesity and related cardiovascular diseases are a common problem in adult patients with PWS. This report describes a case of adult PWS with heart failure associated with marked obesity and sleep-disordered breathing that was successfully treated with oxygen therapy, adaptive servoventilation, medications, diet therapy and rehabilitation.
普拉德-威利综合征(PWS)是一种罕见的遗传性疾病,其特征为身体、心理和生理异常。肥胖及相关心血管疾病是成年PWS患者的常见问题。本报告描述了一例成年PWS患者,其患有与明显肥胖和睡眠呼吸紊乱相关的心力衰竭,通过氧疗、适应性伺服通气、药物治疗、饮食疗法和康复治疗成功治愈。