Cerebral blood flow in stroke patients with sleep apnea: any role of single-night positive airway pressure therapy?
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is more prevalent in patients with stroke than in the population without a history of stroke. SDB is an independent risk factor for stroke. SDB impairs cerebral circulation by several mechanisms, and therefore possibly contributes to wake-up stroke. Ultrasound-tagged near-infra.....