Abstract:Purpose
The present study i) determined left atrial (LA) and left ventricular (LV) strains at rest and in response to exercise in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and ii) assessed the relationship between LA and LV strains and exercise tolerance.
Methods
Forty HFpEF patients (age 59±7 yrs; 25 females), 40 stable HFrEF patients (age 5… Show more
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