TY - JOUR T1 - Central sleep apnoea in congestive heart failure despite vagal denervation after bilateral lung transplantation JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 495 LP - 498 DO - 10.1183/09031936.98.12020495 VL - 12 IS - 2 AU - P Solin AU - GI Snell AU - TJ Williams AU - MT Naughton Y1 - 1998/08/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/12/2/495.abstract N2 - Nonhypercapnic central sleep apnoea is a disorder of respiratory control characterized by hyperventilation previously attributed to the stimulation of either pulmonary vagal afferent nerve fibres or respiratory chemoreceptors. This report describes central sleep apnoea in a patient with congestive heart failure following bilateral lung transplant in whom pulmonary vagal afferent nerve activity was absent. ER -