Quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial of changes induced by a regular exercise program.

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Published in Scand J Rehabil Med on December 01, 1999

Authors

M Quittan1, B Sturm, G F Wiesinger, R Pacher, V Fialka-Moser

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Vienna, Austria.

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