The link between AFib and sleep apnea

This article states than anybody diagnosed with AFib needs to be tested for Sleep Apnea, even in the absence of any other indicators. I have to winder how many other diagnoses also mean that one needs to be tested for Sleep Apnea.

Eventually, I think that the entire population will be screened for Sleep Apnea once a simpler screening methodology becomes available (such as a blood test, perhaps).

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Well, the typical indications of apnea are tiredness during the day, falling asleep after the third second of silence....anywhere..., forgetting, irritability, heart arrhythmias,... I don't know how well daytime automobile accidents correlate, but the insurance industry would probably have a solid grasp of that. It's in their interest.

Then, there's hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity.....

When I first met my cardiologist, he asked me what my neck size was. He wanted to know my sleep hours, how much I drink in caffeine and alcohol daily, how much I exercise, what I do and how I feel when I exercise, what I weigh, and he had my blood assayed. He placed me on a beta blocker to reduce the contraction strength of my heart muscles, and on a statin for too high an LDL level.

I think the medical profession has a pretty decent grasp of what the co-morbidity is with certain disorders and diseases.