For local businessman Mike Miller, it took a wake-up call, literally, to help him understand the importance of adequate sleep, reports HCPress.com.

It was during an appointment with his cardiologist at The Cardiology Center of Watauga Medical Center, whom Miller saw for atrial fibrillation (AFib), that he was asked if he’d ever had a sleep study.

“There is a theory that AFib and sleep apnea might be connected, so while I had not had the study before, I agreed to do it last May,” Miller said.

The results were astounding.

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