This seems incredibly suspect, I'd be very curious to see what the apnea hypopnoea index (how we measure how many times on average people stop breathing in an hour) of these patients is.

I work at a DME that specializes in PAP. I spoke to a patient a few weeks ago who came to us after a recent diagnosis of arterial fibrillation. He'd been in a state of AFIB for 38 days. The night he set up his pap machine, he was able to fall/stay asleep. He woke up for the first time in 38 days without arterial fibrillation.

One of my favorite patients came to us with skyrocketing blood pressure, months into pap, he is off of his blood pressure medication for the first time in years.

PAP works, I've literally seen it happen before my eyes. No it's not fun, no it's not sexy, and there is no way you'll ever see a Hemsworth wearing one in a movie. But wear your PAP machine, it might just save your life.

Edit: This is from a study in 2014 that directly contradicts this article. "In OSA patients, 3 months of atorvastatin neither improved endothelial function nor reduced early signs of atherosclerosis although it lowered blood pressure and improved lipid profile. This trial is registered with NCT00669695." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25221387/