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Article: Article Released on Major Effect of nCPAP on Blood Pressure in Patients With Sleep Apnea.
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- January 13, 2003
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ResMed Inc. , a leading manufacturer and developer of products for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), announced the release of compelling new clinical data on the effects of nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) treatment on blood pressure reduction in patients with sleep apnea. The article appears in the current issue of Circulation; the study was performed by Doctor Heinrich Becker and colleagues at both the Philipps-University in Marburg Germany and the University of Sydney, Australia.
There are now convincing published data demonstrating that sleep apnea causes hypertension (high blood pressure). ...