Can heart disease cause sleep apnea? Or is it only vice-versa?
Kristina
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"Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together."- Thomas Dekker
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MrsBaddawg
Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 185 Location: NE Wisconsin 
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 Heart disease |
| Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:32 pm | |
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embryopathy
Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 379
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heart disease can cause cheyne-stokes breathing, which is a pattern of breathing that includes apnea or hypopnea.
_________________ mom to 25 yr old with severe developmental disabilities who has chronic insomnia & severe central apnea, & mild cheyne-stokes breathing AHI 57; began Diamox 09-11-08 and cpap 10-03-08 full-face mask & Resmed Vantage AutoSet @ 10 with EPR 3 |
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Vicki Moderator
Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 3600 Location: Southern California
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OSA causes heart disease, arrhythmias, strokes and many other metabolic disorders. This post is the stickies at the top of this forum.
The Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects of OSA Vicki _________________ That which does not kill you makes you stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich must of had apnea. |
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