Investigating the Relationship Between Stroke and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Authors

M. Bridget Zimmerman · University of Iowa

Abstract

Patients with stroke have an increased incidence of obstructive sleep apnea compared with normal sex- and age-matched control subjects. Hypoxia and hemodynamic responses to obstructive sleep apnea may have predisposed these patients to stroke.

Topics & Keywords

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke

Volume 27, Issue 3, pp. 401-407

DOI: 10.1161/01.str.27.3.401

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