Sleep apnea in patients with transient ischemic attack and minor stroke: Opportunity for risk reduction of recurrent stroke?

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2973-2975

  Chan, Wesley ^a   Coutts, Shelagh B ^a   Hanly, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypoxia; sleep apnea; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650414065     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.596759     Document Type: Article

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