Introduction: Sleep-related breathing disorders are highly prevalent in patients with ischemic stroke. Among sleep-disordered breathing disorders, obstructive sleep apnea is the most represented one, but central sleep apnea, isolated or in the context of a periodic breathing/Cheyne–Stokes respiration, is frequently reported in these patients. Altered baroreflex responses have been reported in the acute phases of a cerebral event. Methods: We conducted, in a group of patients with ischemic stroke (n=60), a prospective 3-month follow-up physiological study to describe the breathing pattern during sleep and baroreflex sensitivity in the acute phase and in the recovery phase. Results: In the acute phase, within 10 days from the onset of symptoms, 22.4% of patients had a normal breathing pattern, 40.3% had an obstructive pattern, 16.4% had a central pattern, and 29.9% showed a mixed pattern. Smaller variations in the Apnea–Hypopnea Index were found in normal breathing and obstructive groups (ΔAHI 2.1±4.1 and −2.8±11.6, respectively) in comparison with central and mixed patterns (ΔAHI −6.9±15.1 and −12.5 ±13.1, respectively; ANOVA p=0.01). The obstructive pattern became the most frequent pattern, in 38.3% of patients at baseline and 61.7% of patients at follow-up. Modification of baroreflex sensitivity over time was influenced by the site of the lesion and by the sleep disorder pattern in the acute phase (MANOVA p=0.005). Conclusion: We suggest that a down-regulation of autonomic activity, possibly related to reduced vagal modulation, may help the recovery after stroke, or a transitory disconnection from the cortical node that participates in the regulation of sympathetic outflow.
Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea in First Ever Ischemic Stroke are Associated with Different Time Course and Autonomic Activation / A. Riglietti, F. Fanfulla, M. Pagani, D. Lucini, M. Malacarne, M. Manconi, G. Ferretti, F. Esposito, C. W Cereda, M. Pons. - In: NATURE AND SCIENCE OF SLEEP. - ISSN 1179-1608. - 13(2021), pp. 1167-1178. [10.2147/NSS.S305850]
Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea in First Ever Ischemic Stroke are Associated with Different Time Course and Autonomic Activation
D. Lucini;M. Malacarne;F. EspositoMembro del Collaboration Group
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2021
Abstract
Introduction: Sleep-related breathing disorders are highly prevalent in patients with ischemic stroke. Among sleep-disordered breathing disorders, obstructive sleep apnea is the most represented one, but central sleep apnea, isolated or in the context of a periodic breathing/Cheyne–Stokes respiration, is frequently reported in these patients. Altered baroreflex responses have been reported in the acute phases of a cerebral event. Methods: We conducted, in a group of patients with ischemic stroke (n=60), a prospective 3-month follow-up physiological study to describe the breathing pattern during sleep and baroreflex sensitivity in the acute phase and in the recovery phase. Results: In the acute phase, within 10 days from the onset of symptoms, 22.4% of patients had a normal breathing pattern, 40.3% had an obstructive pattern, 16.4% had a central pattern, and 29.9% showed a mixed pattern. Smaller variations in the Apnea–Hypopnea Index were found in normal breathing and obstructive groups (ΔAHI 2.1±4.1 and −2.8±11.6, respectively) in comparison with central and mixed patterns (ΔAHI −6.9±15.1 and −12.5 ±13.1, respectively; ANOVA p=0.01). The obstructive pattern became the most frequent pattern, in 38.3% of patients at baseline and 61.7% of patients at follow-up. Modification of baroreflex sensitivity over time was influenced by the site of the lesion and by the sleep disorder pattern in the acute phase (MANOVA p=0.005). Conclusion: We suggest that a down-regulation of autonomic activity, possibly related to reduced vagal modulation, may help the recovery after stroke, or a transitory disconnection from the cortical node that participates in the regulation of sympathetic outflow.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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