PMID- 29573220 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190715 LR - 20240318 IS - 2190-6009 (Electronic) IS - 2190-5991 (Print) IS - 2190-5991 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Depleted iron stores are associated with inspiratory muscle weakness independently of skeletal muscle mass in men with systolic chronic heart failure. PG - 547-556 LID - 10.1002/jcsm.12282 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Skeletal and respiratory muscle dysfunction constitutes an important pathophysiological feature of heart failure (HF). We assessed the relationships between respiratory muscle function, skeletal muscle mass, and physical fitness in men with HF with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF), and investigated the hypothesis of whether iron deficiency (ID) contributes to respiratory muscle dysfunction in these patients. METHODS: We examined 53 male outpatients with stable HFrEF without asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (age: 64 +/- 10 years; New York Heart Association [NYHA] class I/II/III: 36/51/13%; ischaemic aetiology: 83%; all with left ventricular ejection fraction