Portable oxygen to help prevent coronary artery disease?
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has been identified as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), according to new research.
Led by Yuksel Peker from the Skaraborg Hospital in Skovde, Sweden, the study found the sleeping disorder may be a bigger contributor for the heart disease than obesity, diabetes and smoking.
The results from the Randomised Intervention with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Coronary Artery Disease and Sleep Apnoea - presented at the European Respiratory Society 2010 Annual Congress - suggest portable oxygen could be used in the prevention of the cardiac illness.
Dr Peker said the investigation discovered the prevalence of OSA is 64 per cent in the CAD population.
"This is very high. Hypertension is 58 per cent and obesity 28 per cent, so OSA is much more common than more conventional risk factors," he added.
Dr Joseph Broujerdi recently noted there are many ways to tell if a child is suffering from OSA, including large tonsils, bedwetting and restlessness, abclocal.go.com reported.
Posted by Jenny Richards
29/09/2010 16:01:03
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