Heterogeneous responses of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function to exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

ESC Heart Failure

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 121-132

  Kasner, Mario ^a   Sinning, David ^a   Lober, Jil ^a   Post, Heiner ^a   Fraser, Alan G ^b   Pieske, Burkert ^a,c   Burkhoff, Daniel ^d   Tschöpe, Carsten ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Echocardiography; Diastole; Exercise; Haemodynamics; Heart Failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999621982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20555822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12049     Document Type: Article

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