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Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease:
Could Excessive CPAP Explain the Negative Clinical Trials?

Is Excessive CPAP Causing CV Events?

This one-hour webinar will explore how obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CVD). 

This webinar will briefly review evidence that OSA is a cause of CVD, discuss the clinical trials that have found no evidence of a reduction in major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, and critically assess the suggested explanations for these null results. 

This discussion will highlight recent evidence of possible harms from excessive CPAP and the clinical implications of these findings.

A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

 

This webinar is sponsored by SleepRes. Click logo for more info.

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Earn 1.00 CME, ADA, CSTE, CRCE

Learning Objectives

  1. Review and comprehend the evidence linking obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with an increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CVD).
  2. Analyze the clinical trials that have shown no significant reduction in major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.
  3. Critically assess the proposed explanations for the null results in CPAP therapy trials, discuss the potential harms of excessive CPAP use, and understand the clinical implications of these findings.

Accreditation
Application has been made for 1.00 CE credit for Physician Accreditation (ACCME), which covers MD, NP, PA Category I and DO Category II, and ADA for DDS and DMD. See below.

Application has been made to the BRPT for 1.00 CSTE and the AARC for 1.00 CRCE.

There is no charge for this webinar.

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About the Speaker

Dr. Gottlieb is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard, Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System, and faculty in Sleep Medicine Epidemiology at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. With over 30 years of experience, he focuses on the cardiovascular consequences of sleep apnea and has worked on studies like the Sleep Heart Health Study and VA Million Veteran Program. He has served as the Sleep Phenotypes Working Group convener for the CHARGE consortium, an Associate Editor of the journal Sleep, and on multiple advisory committees. His recent work involves identifying metrics to predict sleep apnea-related cardiovascular risk and exploring potential adverse effects of continuous positive airway pressure.

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This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours Continuing Sleep Technology Education (CSTE) credit by the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists, 4201 Wilson Blvd., 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA 22203 Course #575P1609  Program ID #711455.

This program has been approved for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N. MacArthur Blvd. Suite 100, Irving, TX 75063. Course #192606000.