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Review
. 2005 Oct;72(10):929-36.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.72.10.929.

Sleep apnea is linked to heart failure, but does treatment improve outcome?

Laura Wexler  1 , Shahrokh Javaheri
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Review

Sleep apnea is linked to heart failure, but does treatment improve outcome?

Laura Wexler et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2005 Oct.
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Abstract

One of the factors that contribute to the progressively declining course of heart failure could be sleep apnea. Whether treating sleep apnea improves the clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure needs to be tested in randomized clinical trials.

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  • Sleep apnea in heart failure.
    Arias MA. Arias MA. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006 Mar;73(3):206; author reply 206. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.73.3.206. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006. PMID: 16548444 No abstract available.

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