Lesion location and sleep related breathing disorder in patients with acute ischemic stroke
Sleep related breathing disorders (SRBD) are common in patients with ischemic stroke and are associated with poor outcome. SRBD after stroke were assumed to be a direct consequence of injury of specific central nervous system structures. However, whether specific locations of ischemic infarcts cause SRBD is yet unknown.
The distribution of infarctions for patients with (AHI > 10) and without (AHI < 10) SRBD.
Blue shades: less frequent infarcted regions; Red shades: more frequent infarcted regions. Brainstem infarcts appear to be more frequent in patients with SRBD (arrow, not significant).
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