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How a CPAP mask can help a failing heart

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Snoring is sometimes the terrifying sound of a heart slowly drowning. For patients with heart failure, central sleep apnea acts like an invisible strangler, repeatedly halting their breathing and starving the myocardium of oxygen. Strapping on a CPAP mask does more than stop the noise; it forcibly keeps the airways open, lifting a massive hydrostatic pressure burden off a failing organ.

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