Modular Control Analysis (MoCA; Diolez P et al., Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007, 293(1): R13-19) was applied here on perfused hearts to describe the modifications of the regulation of heart energetics induced in mice exposed to a 3-week chronic hypoxia. MoCA combines 31P-NMR spectroscopy and modular (top-down) control analysis to describe the integrative regulation of energy metabolism in intact beating heart, on the basis of two modules (ATP/PCr-production and ATP/PCr-consumption) connected by the energetic intermediates. In contrast with previous results on rat heart where all control of contraction was on ATP demand, mouse heart energetics presented a shared control of contraction between ATP/PCr producing and consuming modules. In chronic hypoxic mice, the decrease in heart contractile activity and PCr/ATP ratio was surprisingly associated with an important and significant higher response of ATP/PCr production (elasticity) to PCr changes as compared to control hearts (-10.4 vs. -2.46). By contrast, no changes were observed in ATP/PCr consumption since comparable elasticities were observed. Since elasticities determine the regulation of energetics of heart contraction, the present results show that this new parameter may be used to uncover the origin of the observed dysfunctions under CH conditions. Considering the decrease in mitochondrial content reported after exposure to chronic hypoxia, it appears that the improvement of ATP/PCr production response to ATP demand may be viewed as a positive adaptative mechanism. It appears now crucial to understand the very processes responsible for ATP/PCr producer elasticity toward the energetic intermediates, as well as their regulation.