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@gloaming thanks for sharing this insight. Very affirming. I do have an overnight sleep study in the hospital scheduled in the next two weeks, that sounds very much like what you're describing. I do not have hypertension. What type of testing will they do for ischemia?
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@randy32 They do echocardiogram, angiogram, what in British Columbia, where I live, is called a MIBI test: https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/mibi-scan-patient-info.pdf
Also called a stress test with contrasting dye. I have had two. Also Doppler ultrasound of the carotid arteries. All of these show pinch points or excess deposition of stenosing plaque that limits the amount of oxygenated blood that can get through/past them. If they reduce the flow sufficiently to cause obvious and relevant symptoms, they call the effect 'ischemia'.