Tim Russert’s Death
Posted on June 14, 2008 by Dr. Krakow |This is the one graph I’ve found about the cause of Russert’s death, “Russert’s internist, Michael A. Newman, told MSNBC that an autopsy showed the journalist had an enlarged heart and that cholesterol plaque ruptured an artery, causing coronary thrombosis. He said Russert had been diagnosed earlier with coronary artery disease, but that it was controlled with medication and exercise and Russert had performed well on a stress test in late April.” He was only 58 years-old. One can only speculate whether undiagnosed sleep apnea was another risk factor in this case.
Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Heart Disease
Posted on June 20, 2007 by Dr. Krakow |Exciting research out of Brazil shows much more precise evidence that sleep breathing problems cause or contribute to atherosclerosis. As has been said for a long time in the sleep medicine community, “untreated sleep apnea is like smoking a pack of cigarettes per day.”
