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Informationen zum Autor Antonio Culebras, MD, is Professor of Neurology, SUNY Upstate Medical University and Consultant, The Sleep Center, Upstate University Hospital at Community General, Syracuse, NY, USA. Klappentext The first volume that brings together recent research into the relationship between sleep disorders and common vascular disorders. Zusammenfassung Sleep disorders are highly prevalent. Sleep! Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease brings together research into the relationship between sleep disorders and common vascular disturbances! such as stroke and hypertension. Written by experts in the field this book will be of interest to sleep and stroke specialists! as well as primary-care practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Overview of sleep and stroke Antonio Culebras; 2. Sleep apnea, oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory vascular risk factors and endothelial disease Slava Berger and Lena Lavie; 3. Sleep apnea, autonomic dysfunction and vascular diseases Pietro Cortelli and Federica Provini; 4. Sleep apnea and hypertension: a clinical perspective Nishida Barot and Clete A. Kushida; 5. Sleep apnea, stroke risk factors and the arousal response Mark Eric Dyken, George B. Richerson and Kyoung Bin Im; 6. Sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation Apoor S. Gami; 7. Patent foramen ovale, obstructive sleep apnea and its relation to ischemic stroke Alejandro M. Forteza; 8. Pathogenesis of cerebral small-vessel disease in obstructive sleep apnea Gustavo C. Román; 9. Sleep apnea and acute stroke deterioration Kristian Barlinn and Andrei V. Alexandrov; 10. Effect of CPAP on stroke risk factors and stroke Malcolm Kohler and John R. Stradling; 11. Rehabilitation of stroke and sleep apnea Behrouz Jafari and Vahid Mohsenin; 12. Restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movements in sleep and vascular risk factors Federica Provini; 13. Physician as patient: a personal story of stroke Harold R. Smith; Index.
