Central Sleep Apnea with Cheyne-Stokes Breathing

Central Sleep Apnea with Cheyne-Stokes breathing has a distinctive breathing pattern that involves increasing and then decreasing in the depth of breath. This pattern is commonly described as a crescendo-decrescendo breath. It is diagnostic for central sleep apnea with Cheyne-Stokes breathing. Cheyne-Stokes breathing lasts for around 45 seconds and occurs more than ten times in an hour.