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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1787758
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Ischemic Stroke Etiology: Is There a Link?

Ana Claudia Crispiniano Siqueira Torquato 
1   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
,
Silvana Sobreira Santos
2   Department of Neurology, Hospital Memorial São José, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
3   Department of Neurology, Hospital Esperança Recife, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
,
Luciano Ferreira Drager
4   Instituto do Coração, Universidade de Pernambuco, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
,
Rodrigo Pinto Pedrosa
1   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
› Author Affiliations Funding This study was financed in part by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES), under finance code 001. The sponsor had no role in the design or conduct of this research.
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Abstract

Objectives The objective of this study is to evaluate the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its potential association with subtypes of stroke according to the classification of the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST).

Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study recruited 100 consecutive patients with a recent diagnosis of stroke or acute transient ischemic attack and evaluated the presence of OSA and its potential association with subtypes of TOAST.

Results The prevalence of OSA was 51%. The mean age was 68 ± 15 years. Patients with OSA (n = 51, 51%) presented higher frequency of diabetes and previous stroke/acute transient ischemic attack (39.2 versus 18.4%, p = 0.018) than patients without OSA. There was no association between the presence of OSA and the etiology of stroke/ acute transient ischemic attack according to the TOAST classification (p = 0.698).

Conclusions Despite the biological plausibility of a positive association between the presence of OSA and TOAST classification, this hypothesis was not confirmed. This underscores that the subtype of stroke should not influence decisions about OSA screening.

Keywords

sleep apnea - stroke - ischemic stroke - classification - etiology


Publication History

Received: 29 November 2023

Accepted: 28 May 2024

Article published online:
05 July 2024

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