Cardiac iron deficiency-how to refuel the engine out of fuel

Pieter Martens^{1

2}, Matthias Dupont¹, Wilfried Mullens^{1

3}

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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.

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Pieter Martens et al. Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 May.

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. 2018 May;20(5):920-922.

doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1174. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Pieter Martens^{1

2}, Matthias Dupont¹, Wilfried Mullens^{1

3}

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.

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Iron deficiency impairs contractility of human cardiomyocytes through decreased mitochondrial function.
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