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"CPAP for OSA improves quality of life but does not reduce CVD events"
1. ABC National Health report podcast. Breathing machine makes life with sleep apnoea easier, but probably doesn’t prevent cardiac events. https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/breathing-machine-makes-life/id74842478?i=1000374692428&mt=2
2. Doug McEvoy et al, CPAP for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, New England Journal of Medicine August 28th 2016. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606599#t=article%20\
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
