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Article: Study Shows Major Improvement in Heart Function by Treating Sleep Disorder; This First Randomized Clinical Trial in the World Shows That Patients Who Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure and Who Are Treated for Their Sleep Apnea Can Gain Remarkable Improvements in Their Heart Function Beyond That Due to Drug Therapy.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 28, 2003
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Heart function can be significantly improved in patients with congestive heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea by treating this sleep disorder with a simple easy-to- use, portable device, according to a first-ever randomized clinical trial of patients with heart failure conducted at Toronto General Hospital (TGH), University Health Network (UHN), Mount Sinai Hospital and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
The study was funded in part by unrestricted Research Fellowships from Respironics, Inc. , the leader in innovative products and therapies for treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and other respiratory diseases in both home and clinical settings.