Right Handers Breathe with Left Hemisphere: Handedness and the Risk of Sudden Death in Hemispheric Stroke in NASCET

摘要

Breathing has a distinct feature in that we always breathe with both lungs. This includes movements of the chest wall and the diaphragm. Yet, we are in control of the act of breathing and may change its rate or stop it for a short time. This articles explores the volitional aspects of breathing, which like other muscles, are handled by the action hemisphere. Based on this feature, I have reviewed data indicating that the recent findings in a report concerning the risk of sudden death in right handed subject with left hemispheric stroke was probably related to occurrence of respiratory arrest and asphyxia.