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paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

This is the shortness of breath which cardiac patients experience during sleeping time. It often wakes the patients up with a sensation of suffocation. It is a sign of left ventricular failure. If not treated in time, this condition can lead to cardiac arrest and death.


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