Limiting factors of peak and submaximal exercise capacity in LVAD patients

Libera Fresiello; Steven Jacobs; Philippe Timmermans; Roselien Buys; Miek Hornikx; Kaatje Goetschalckx; Walter Droogne; Bart Meyns

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235684

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Limiting factors of peak and submaximal exercise capacity in LVAD patients

Libera Fresiello ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: libera.fresiello@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0972-8340

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Steven Jacobs,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Philippe Timmermans,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Roselien Buys,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Miek Hornikx,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Kaatje Goetschalckx,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Walter Droogne,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Bart Meyns

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Limiting factors of peak and submaximal exercise capacity in LVAD patients

Libera Fresiello,
Steven Jacobs,
Philippe Timmermans,
Roselien Buys,
Miek Hornikx,
Kaatje Goetschalckx,
Walter Droogne,
Bart Meyns

Published: July 9, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235684

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