http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com The Sound Sleep Resource Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/06/tim-russerts-death/ http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/06/tim-russerts-death/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:31:01 +0000 Dr. Krakow http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/06/tim-russerts-death/ 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.

]]> http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2008/06/tim-russerts-death/feed/ http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2007/06/sleep-disordered-breathing-and-heart-disease/ http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/2007/06/sleep-disordered-breathing-and-heart-disease/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:50:34 +0000 Dr. Krakow http://www.sleepdynamictherapy.com/archives/27 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.”

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