Acute stroke and TIA patients have specific polygraphic features of obstructive sleep apnea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk for stroke, which is known to further impair respiratory functions. However, it is unknown whether the type and severity of respiratory events are linked to stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Thus, we investigate whether the characteristics of individual respiratory events differ between patients experiencing TIA or acute ischemic stroke and matched patients with clinically suspected sleep-disordered breathing.

Methods

Polygraphic data of 77 in-patients with acute ischemic stroke (n = 49) or TIA (n = 28) were compared to age, gender, and BMI-matched patients with suspected sleep-disordered breathing and no cerebrovascular disease. Along with conventional diagnostic parameters (e.g., apnea-hypopne

SUBMITTER: Leino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7679322 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature