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50% of Cardiology Patients Have Sleep Apnea
50% of Cardiology Patients Have Sleep Apnea. Another stunning statistic I learned last night from Richard Mueller, a cardiologist in New York City who spoke at last night's NYC A.W.A.K.E. meeting.
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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We see quite a few different arrythmias in the sleep lab. I would say that 75% of our patients have some sort of heart problem.
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Permalink Reply by Mike on
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Dr. Mueller was not pushing this hard, but he did say it wouldn't be unreasonable for every sleep apnea patient to get a CAT scan of his/her heart -- I think it's called a CTA -- that detects small blockages/ plaque in the arteries that can lead to a fatal heart attack.
Rock Hinkle said:We see quite a few different arrythmias in the sleep lab. I would say that 75% of our patients have some sort of heart problem.
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Well a PSG is the first step. All be it a 2 lead EKG we do monitor the heart along wiht many other things. A sleep study can be a contributing factor in the early diagnosis of many health problems. Many times now i have woke up doctors in the middle of the night to fax over EKG screen shots. I am curently studying EEG patterns to help in identifying issues of the brain such as seizures, or tumors. Our brain does a diagnostic overview of itself and the body during sleep. A PSG is just an external reading of that report.
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