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Re: Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrilation connection?


Posted by Kevin Hurlburt, RPSGT on January 21, 2000 at 14:12:02:

In Reply to: Sleep Apnea and Atrial Fibrilation connection? posted by Mary E. Goff, RN on January 18, 2000 at 16:06:43:

Mary,
You didn't say if your husband is being treated for his sleep apnea. Does he have CHF? There is a correlation between sleep disordered breathing and a-fib. In fact, untreated SDB has a positive predictive value for a-fib following CABG.

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