Transient Focal Neurological Events in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and the Long-term Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Importance: Transient focal neurological episodes (TFNEs) are a frequently overlooked presentation of cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), a condition with prognostic implications that are still not well described.

Objective: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the factors associated with incident lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and death in patients with CAA presenting with TFNEs.

Data Sources: A systematic review and individual participant meta-analysis including (1) a hospital-based cohort and (2) the results obtained from a systematic search performed in MEDLINE and Embase completed in December 2019.

Improvement in nocturnal disordered breathing after first-ever ischemic stroke: role of dysphagia.

Study Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the role of dysphagia as a model of pharyngeal muscle dysfunction in the time course of nocturnal disordered breathing (NDB) in patients who experienced a first-ever ischemic stroke.

Design: Prospective study.

Patients And Interventions: Fifty-nine consecutive patients (mean age, 73.

Continuous positive airway pressure treatment in sleep apnea prevents new vascular events after ischemic stroke.

Study Objectives: A study was made of the role of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in the prevention of new vascular events following ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack.

Design: Prospective study.

Patients And Interventions: Demographic data, vascular risk factors, clinical manifestations associated to sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome, and neurologic parameters were recorded in a group of patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke at least 2 months previously.