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Sleep Apnea & Atrial Fibrillation
by: Sherm on Thu, Aug 23 2007
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I am now 63 years old. I had my first severe AF (Atrial Fibrillation) event 16 years ago and have had several recurrences. About 4 years ago, a Doctor told me that the Mayo Clinic had recorded a high incidence of AF in people with sleep apnea. I was tested and found to have sleep apnea.

After treating for the sleep apnea for some months, I experienced a marked improvement in my AF situation. I am now able to do strenuous work again without getting out of breath or experiencing the extreme erratic heart rhythms. My cardiologist said that he had never seen any one recover from AF to the extent that I have before.

I found that using a biflex type of cpap device was the easiest device to adapt to, although it took me some time to get used to it. I hope my experience might be helpful to others sharing my condition.
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  1. Tue, Mar 18 2008
    Well, almost the same story. I´m 46 I was feeling "bad" for 18 months, specially palpitations, arritmia and tachicardia, some depresion, hig...Read

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  • Sleep Apnea & Atrial Fibrillation - by Sherm - (Thu, Aug 23 2007)
    I am now 63 years old. I had my first severe AF (Atrial Fibrillation) event 16 years ago and have had several recurrences. About 4 years ago, a Doctor told me that the Mayo Clinic had recorded a high incidence of AF in people with sleep apnea. I was tested and found to have sleep apnea. [more..]

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