When considered separately from cardiovascular disease, stroke is the third leading cause
of death in the US and is the leading cause of long-term disability in adults. New approaches …

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) can be a sequela of stroke caused by vascular injury to
vital respiratory centers, cerebral edema, and increased intracranial pressure of space …

Few randomized controlled trials have evaluated the effectiveness of continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) in reducing recurrent vascular events and mortality in poststroke …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very common condition in patients with stroke and is
found in over half of stroke patients. There is a complex relationship between OSA and …

Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and often has devastating
consequences for affected individuals in terms of chronic disability. Traditional risk factors …

Up to two-thirds of patients who have had a stroke have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
afterward. These patients have worse outcomes than those without OSA in terms of short …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder that has been associated with many
cardiovascular disease processes, including hypertension and arrhythmias. OSA has also …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been found to be an independent risk factor for stroke in
large epidemiological studies. The mechanisms underlying this relationship have been …

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 …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and stroke are frequent, multifactorial entities that share risk
factors, and for which case-control and cross-sectional studies have shown a strong …