You would certainly not be treating the root causes of CV diseases, clearly, but the hope is that some of the cardiovascular consequences of chronic intermittent hypoxia in CV + OSA patients might be ameliorated by CPAP therapy. That was the whole premise of the study. Yes. Naturally we can hope fo...

jnk also wrote: When you use CPAP to treat OSA, you are not simply masking a symptom, you are preventing the problem entirely. With CVD, you could just be masking a symptom and calling it a treatment. Right? Right. Correct. Spot on. Bravo. Exactly. Let CPAP treat OSA. Let CPAP help CVD sufferers fee...

jnk wrote... ...the problem (as I see it as a civilian layman) is that many CV patients will have the symptoms of OSA whether caused by sleep-breathing or not, so a researcher has only AHI numbers to use for "diagnosis." ...it could be argued that many of the people "treated" with PAP didn't have OS...

Whatever is found at a population level, given varying health and compliance profiles, usually means very little for an individual. If an individual is complient with therapy and engaged in their health generally, their personal risk level might be lower than the study's sample. This sort of study p...

CPAP machines do not reduce heart attack, strokes for sleep apnoea sufferers: study http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-28/cpap-machines-do-not-reduce-risk-of-heart-attack-or-stroke/7792624?WT.ac=statenews_sa According to the article linked above: * The Sleep Apnoea Cardiovascular Endpoints (SAVE) s...

Glad you got the referal. Expect a bunch of tests and if they don't find the problem then you may get a heart monitor inserted under your skin. If that shows your heart pauses during a fainting episode, expect a pacemaker. Dehydration is a common cause of fainting, and very dry airline cabin air hel...

Nothing is obvious to link your event to CPAP or sleep apnea. And you said you had other health issues too which may be more relevant. It sounds like you had vasovagel syncope (fainting) events in your sleep, which is unusual. You probably need a cardiologist as your heart may be involved. The sympt...

AndyCole, asystole (flatline, or pause between beats, which I assume is what you mean by 'stoppage') isn't any symptom of SA I've ever heard of! And if by any chance it is, then a pacemaker would be the treatment, not an air pump. Bradycardia won't usually get you a pacemaker, as SewTired said, but ...

Cardiovascular diseases and OSA often go together, particularly because cigarette smoking and obesity are highly prevalent in both disorders.[2] In addition, whenever body mass index and the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus were recorded included in the meta-analysis, they were almost always pr...

I saw probably all the same studies you did and their conclusion is that they aren't sure if bradycardia causes apnea or if apnea causes bradycardia. Or whether the two have anything to do with each other. I suppose it depends what’s meant by ‘causing’ apnoea. While a low heart rate can cause short...

Bradycardia causes shortness of breath, which is the essence of apnoea. If your heart paused for 7 seconds between beats then you would not have been breathing either. If you had less dramatic drops in pulse overnight before that, then that probably caused at least hypopneas. Hence, the bradycardia ...

My other understanding is the the Australian retail price is in the same ballpark as what US 'bricks and motar DMEs' charge to health insurers. The option of just buying a machine, with or without phone support, is very limited in Australia. Few Australians would have insurance coverage for CPAP, th...

Part of the premium price charged in Australia is that they provide post-sales 'support', which amounts to making pressure adjustments for you. In the US you can buy just the machine with no 'support' premium built in. Another part is that Australia is a higher cost economy than the US, thus lots of...

This is really bugging me, because I have a pacemaker - apnea causes my heart to pause for up to 10 seconds, making the pacemaker kick in. I'd like this not to happen, and I'd like good sleep! I know this is from January, but Apnea making a heart pause for 10 seconds? I assume that's in bed at nigh...

The simple reality seems to be that if you buy a new machine in Australia you'll get support from the retailer and warranty from the manufacturer and it'll cost you about $2000. If you buy from the US it'll cost less than half the Australian price, but you'll be on your own to manage the machine and...