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Any disorder that affects the heart. Often seen in Sleep Apnea Patients. Types of heart disease include:

· Arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is a heart rhythm abnormality.

· Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries.

· Cardiomyopathy. This condition causes the heart’s muscles to harden or grow weak.

· Congenital heart defects.

· Coronary artery disease

· Heart infections.