Perspective: Does Treating Sleep Apnea With CPAP Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes or Lower Risk of Atrial Fibrillation? – “Despite numerous flawed observational studies suggesting an association between sleep apnea and cardiovascular outcomes including atrial fibrillation the gold standard, high-quality RCT data do not clearly show that treatment of sleep apnea with CPAP improves cardiovascular outcomes”.

Does Treating Sleep Apnea With CPAP Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes or Lower Risk of Atrial Fibrillation? – The Skeptical Cardiologist

Related:

AHA Scientific Statement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease.

Non-sleepy Obstructive Sleep Apnea: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Pro/Con Debate: Should Asymptomatic Patients with Moderate-to-severe OSA be Treated?

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Multidisciplinary Clinical Management Strategy

Positive airway pressure doesn’t reduce cardiovascular events and death in adults with sleep apnea