title: Sleep, stroke and poststroke.
abstract: There is abundant and still evolving scientific clinical evidence linking sleep apnea with stroke risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Sleep apnea is a modifiable risk factor and efforts to control this condition should be pursued vigorously, particularly in patients at risk of vascular disease. Emerging evidence has also linked other sleep disorders, such as periodic limb movements of sleep and restless legs syndrome, with vascular risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. aculebras@aol.com
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Culebras
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome