Added: Oct 20, 2008
Sudden Death most commonly occurs in the morning hours between 6am to noon. But in patients with sleep apnea it has been found that people they are more likely to have sudden death in the sleep hours between midnight and 6 am. Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic, discusses a new study to look at the risk of heart attack from sleep apnea. There are a number of stresses that occur at night in the sleep apnea patient that may make them more prone to a heart attack at night.
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