CPAP for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Doug McEvoy, R.; A. Antic, Nick; Heeley, Emma; Luo, Yuanming; Ou, Qiong; Zhang, Xilong; Mediano, Olga; Chen, Rui; F. Drager, Luciano; Liu, Zhihong; Chen, Guofang; Du, Baoliang; McArdle, Nigel; Mukherjee, Sutapa; Tripathi, Manjari; Billot, Laurent; Li, Qiang; Lorenzi‐Filho, Geraldo; Barbé, Ferrán; Redline, Susan; Wang, Ji‐Guang; Arima, Hisatomi; Neal, Bruce; P. White, David; R. Grunstein, Ronald; Zhong, Nanshan; S. Anderson, Craig

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1606599

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CPAP for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Aug 28, 2016

Authors:

R. Doug McEvoy

Nick A. Antic

Emma Heeley

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events; whether treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) prevents major cardiovascular events is uncertain. METHODS: After a 1-week run-in period during which the participants used sham CPAP, ...

Subject

Medicine

Continuous positive airway pressure

Obstructive sleep apnea

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