Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with hypertension, atrial
fibrillation, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and diabetes. These disorders …

Background More than half of stroke patients present with a sleep-related breathing disorder
including both central and obstructive forms of sleep apnoea. A cerebral infarction in …

Background and Purpose—Approximately one fourth of stroke occur during sleep. Despite
the clinical and radiological similarities between wake-up stroke (WUS) and non-WUS, the …

Background: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is common among acute stroke patients. We
sought to investigate the prevalence, severity and type of SDB in consecutive acute stroke …

Objective/background Sleep-wake dysfunction is bidirectionally associated with the
incidence and evolution of acute stroke. It remains unclear whether sleep disturbances are …

Study Objectives: To clarify the effects of sleep duration on stroke and stroke subtypes, we
adopted a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to evaluate their causal relationship …

Background There is increasing evidence that there is a direct relationship between
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cerebrovascular (CV) disease. This meta-analysis …

Introduction: Stroke is a major cause of disability and death in the United States and across
the world, and the incidence and prevalence of stroke are expected to rise significantly due …

Abstract Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a common co-morbid condition in stroke patients.
It represents a very important risk factor for stroke in addition to the other established ones …

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with
ischemic stroke and to evaluate the effectiveness of nasal continuous positive airway …