Background and Purpose Although recent studies suggest a high prevalence of obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with acute stroke, a systematic characterization of sleep …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been considered as one of the risk factors for ischemic
stroke, but the impact of OSA on wake-up stroke (WUS) is not well studied. We aimed to …

Background Studies on insomnia in patients with ischemic stroke, particularly in the acute
phase, are limited. The proportion of patients with sleep disturbance during the acute stroke …

Sleep, a vital process of human being, is carefully orchestrated by the brain and consists of
cyclic transitions between rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep …

Despite improvements in survival rates, risk of recurrent events following stroke remains
high. Identifying intervention targets to reduce secondary cardiovascular risk in stroke …

Sleep apnoea, one of the most common chronic diseases, is a risk factor for ischaemic
stroke, stroke recurrence, and poor functional recovery after stroke. More than half of stroke …

Objectives The presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been found to adversely
affect the neurological recovery after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in previous observational …

Purpose Sleep disturbances are frequently reported in stroke patients and associated with
the outcome of strokes. Using sleep questionnaires, we investigated the prevalence of …

Background and Purpose—Patients with TIA and minor stroke are at high risk for recurrent
stroke. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may increase this risk. The objectives of our study …

Background and Purpose We aimed to prospectively determine whether the incidence of
obstructive sleep apnea in patients with recent stroke was significantly different from that of a …