Limited contractile reserve contributes to poor peak exercise capacity in iron-deficient heart failure

Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Apr;20(4):806-808. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.938. Epub 2017 Sep 18.

Authors

Pieter Martens^{1

2}, Frederik H Verbrugge¹, Petra Nijst^{1

2}, Matthias Dupont¹, Wilfried Mullens^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium.
² Doctoral School for Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
³ Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.

PMID: 28925093
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.938

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / blood
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / etiology*
Exercise Test
Exercise Tolerance / physiology*
Female
Heart Failure / blood
Heart Failure / complications
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Humans
Iron / blood*
Iron Deficiencies
Male
Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
Oxygen Consumption
Prospective Studies
Stroke Volume / physiology*

Substances

Iron