Stroke-sleep disorder breathing

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and Cerebrovascular Accidents (CVA) are common disorders in general population and share many common risk factors as age, gender, family history and obesity. However some of the strongest pathophysiological triggers for stroke are hypertension, atrial arrhythmias and atherosclerosis. Untreated OSA also contributes to these issues. Untreated sleep disorder breathing (SDB) such as OSA can lead to strokes, and strokes in the absence of prior history of OSA, might lead to SDB including Central Sleep Apnoea (CSA) and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA). Therefore it is of paramount importance to evaluate to the association between SDB and stroke and determine therapeutic approaches to treat SDB in such population.