Clinical ResearchHeart Failure10-Year Exercise Training in Chronic Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Key Words
cardiopulmonary exercise test
chronic heart failure
functional capacity
long-term exercise training
quality of life
supervision
survival
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CHF
chronic heart failure
CI
confidence interval
CPET
cardiopulmonary exercise test
EF
ejection fraction
ET
exercise training
HR
hazard ratio
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
NT group
nontrained group
NYHA
New York Heart Association
QOL
quality of life
T group
trained group
Vco2
carbon dioxide output
VE/Vco2
ventilation relative to carbon dioxide output
Vo2
oxygen consumption
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The study was sponsored by the Lancisi Heart Institute. The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
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