Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 475-480 , August 2008

Left Ventricular Abnormal Response During Dynamic Exercise in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction at Rest

  • Pierre V. Ennezat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pierre V. Ennezat, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology Hospital, Bd Pr J Leclercq, 59037 Lille Cedex.
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  • Yann Lefetz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Sylvestre Maréchaux, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Marie Six-Carpentier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Ghislaine Deklunder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • David Montaigne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Jean Jacques Bauchart, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Claire Mounier-Véhier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Brigitte Jude, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Rémi Nevière, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Christophe Bauters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Philippe Asseman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Pascal de Groote, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, and EA 2693, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Médecine, Lille, France
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  • Thierry H. Lejemtel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana

Received 25 November 2007 ,Revised 1 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 February 2008.

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 P.V.E. and S.M. contributed equally to the preparation of the manuscript.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00079-1

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.02.012

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 475-480 , August 2008

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