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Apnea Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Emergency Medicine News, 09/26/07

Researchers have found that patients with obstructive sleep apnea have higher levels of apoptotic cells from the endothelium of their blood vessels circulating in their bloodstream than people who do not have obstructive sleep apnea, which may explain why those with apnea are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease...The apnea patients were given nasal CPAP treatment for eight weeks. Use of CPAP ranged from four to seven hours per night. At the end of the study, the patients' vascular reactivity and circulating endothelial apoptotic cells were reevaluated and compared with the controls

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