Is the severity of sleep apnea associated with ischemic stroke in the elderly? [1]

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-

  Lavie, Peretz ^a   Lavie, Lena ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 33846614596     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000254538.20143.3d     Document Type: Letter

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