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Correspondence Financial nonfi nancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST the following confl icts of interest: Dr Somers has served as a consultant for ResMed, Respironics, Medtronic, GlaxoSmithKline, Sepracor, Boston Scientifi c, and Cardiac Concepts. He has received research grants from the ResMed Foundation, the Respironics Sleep and Breathing Foundation, ELA Medical, and Select Research, Inc. Dr Ishida and Dr Kato have reported no confl icts of interest that exist with any companies organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article. Correspondence to: V. K. Somers, MD, PhD, FCCP, Division of Cardio vas cular Disease, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905; e-mail: [email protected] © 2010 American College of Chest Physicians. Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians ( www . chestjournal . org site misc reprints . xhtml ). DOI: 10.1378 chest.09-2440