Does CPAP delay the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea?

The control patients had no significant change in endothelial function while patients on CPAP had a significant increase in brachial artery diameter compared with baseline measurements (5.1% v 9.\n Peker and colleagues prospectively followed 182 middle aged men referred for a sleep study with no hyp...

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Published in:Thorax 2006-06, Vol.61 (6), p.459-460
Main Authors: Ayas, N T, Mancini, G B J, Fleetham, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Continuous positive airway pressure
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure - methods
Coronary vessels
Endothelium
Health care
Heart attacks
Humans
Hypertension
Inflammation
Lipids
Long term
Mens health
Nitric oxide
Pathogenesis
Physiology
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Sleep
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - therapy
Stroke
Studies
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Summary:The control patients had no significant change in endothelial function while patients on CPAP had a significant increase in brachial artery diameter compared with baseline measurements (5.1% v 9.\n Peker and colleagues prospectively followed 182 middle aged men referred for a sleep study with no hypertension or CVD at baseline. 22 Incident CVD (hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias) over 7 years occurred in 37% of patients with OSAH compared with 6.6% of those without OSAH. [...]the results of such studies are available, the basis for treating patients with OSAH with CPAP for a cardiovascular benefit will remain circumstantial.
ISSN:0040-6376
1468-3296
DOI:10.1136/thx.2005.043836