Effects of exercise training on health status in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on April 08, 2009

Authors

Kathryn E Flynn1, Ileana L Piña, David J Whellan, Li Lin, James A Blumenthal, Stephen J Ellis, Lawrence J Fine, Jonathan G Howlett, Steven J Keteyian, Dalane W Kitzman, William E Kraus, Nancy Houston Miller, Kevin A Schulman, John A Spertus, Christopher M O'Connor, Kevin P Weinfurt, HF-ACTION Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27715, USA. kathryn.flynn@duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Exercise Training Program to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Individuals With Congestive Heart Failure | NCT00047437

Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria | NCT01540006

Different Endurance Training Protocols in Cardiac Rehabilitation | NCT01493193

High Intensity Interval Training in Heart Failure | NCT03032081

Getting Into Light Exercise for Patients With Heart Failure (GENTLE:HF) | NCT04248088

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