 [ Symptoms ] should you have your heart checked if you find out you have severe sleep apnea [ Disease ] that is a great question for your primary care provider obstructive sleep apnea osa is a common disorder in which a person stops breathing for brief periods of time during sleep this can in turn lower a person is blood oxygen concentration levels low oxygen levels in the blood can damage the heart muscle over time so i would suggest you make an appointment to discuss the situation with your primary health care provider he or she can advise you as to whether you should have a cardiac workup done in light of your new diagnosis take care i was trying to find the best place that would have information on this subject i did a sleep study for 7 hours and it showed that i stopped breathing 12 times during the study so i am aware that if your blood co2 is too high and o2 is too low your brain could be affected i was put on a cpap machine but was told by the medical supply team that the doctor wants me on a bpap what is a bpap how do i find out which one of my 12 doctors recommended the change and why