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My grandmother was on a vent after weakening from congestive heart failure..why treat breathing if heart problem?
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Resting the heart: Breathing involves a lot energy and muscle work; if your heart is not strong enough to perform the work that is involved in breathing then you try to rest the heart by having a machine breathe for you.
Answered 10/1/2013
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