Dr. Barry Dworkin

Sleep apnea treatment may reduce heart failure outcomes

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 22, 2012

 

 

Source:

Sleep Apnea Treatment May Help Ward Off Heart Failure: Study

Reference:

Justine Lachman, M.D., director, Congestive Heart Failure Program, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.; Neil Coplan, M.D., director, division of clinical cardiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; American Heart Association, news release, March 12, 2012

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