This is a post from the sleep disorder newsgroup. Is it true regarding cardiac problems and if so, where on the web can I get more info regarding this
-- Thanks in advance... Bob
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Maybe you could outline some of the recent California cases about HMO culpability, and explain that untreated apnea can cause cardiac damage and possible death, and that you want a study NOW, in or out of network, or
This is a post from the sleep disorder newsgroup. Is it true regarding cardiac problems and if so, where on the web can I get more info regarding this
Obstructive sleep apnea can strain the right ventricle and over time this can lead to right heart failure, which is not congestive heart failure as TL would have you believe.
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Bob Newman said:
This is a post from the sleep disorder newsgroup. Is it true regarding cardiac problems and if so, where on the web can I get more info
regarding
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Obstructive sleep apnea can strain the right ventricle and over time this
can
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lead to right heart failure, which is not congestive heart failure as TL
would
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have you believe.
ahhh.... thanks for the clarification Andrew..... the right heart enlargement was referred to with the words CHF on the sleep apnea newsgroup in the past
what is the technical term for this right ventricle failure so that a google search will bring up meaningful links?
The reason I made the post in the 1st place is that within 2 weeks of my apnea diagnosis I had to have quintuple bypass surgery (3 weeks ago). Might the two be related?
-- Thanks in advance... Bob
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Bob Newman wrote:
> This is a post from the sleep disorder newsgroup. Is > it true
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> cardiac problems and if so, where on the web can I > get more info
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Obstructive sleep apnea can strain the right ventricle and over time
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lead to right heart failure, which is not congestive heart failure as
The reason I made the post in the 1st place is that within 2 weeks of my apnea diagnosis I had to have quintuple bypass surgery (3 weeks ago). Might the two be related?