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We included 71 patients (38 men) and 14 healthy volunteers.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Mean age was 60.9\u2009\u00b1\u200912.2 years. Men presented higher levels of haemoglobin and white blood cell counts than women, and performed better in cardiopulmonary stress testing. A total of 24 patients (12 women) presented severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, 32 (13 female) moderate and 15 (8 women) mild LV systolic dysfunction. In the group with severe LV systolic dysfunction, average right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) was normal in women (52\u2009\u00b1\u20094\u2009%), whereas it was reduced in men (39\u2009\u00b1\u20093\u2009%) <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.035. Only one woman (8\u2009%) had severe RV systolic dysfunction (RVEF &lt;\u200935\u2009%) compared with 6 men (50\u2009%) <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001. 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