• Eur. Respir. J. · Aug 1998

    Case Reports

    Central sleep apnoea in congestive heart failure despite vagal denervation after bilateral lung transplantation.

    • P Solin, G I Snell, T J Williams, and M T Naughton.
    • Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Monash University Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
    • Eur. Respir. J. 1998 Aug 1; 12 (2): 495-8.

    AbstractNonhypercapnic 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.

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