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Article: Association Between Sleep Apnea and Death Points to Need to Examine Treatments, Modify Devices.
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- November 9, 2005
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, two studies draw attention to the newly recognized association between sleep disorders and heart trouble. The relevance of these studies to patients with sleep apnea is discussed in an accompanying editorial by Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist.
The first study, on the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for patients with central sleep apnea and heart failure, was led by T. Douglas Bradley, M.D., of Toronto General Hospital. The other study on obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke ...