Journal article
Efficacy and Safety of Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: HF-ACTION Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
CONTEXT: Guidelines recommend that exercise training be considered for medically stable outpatients with heart failure. Previous studies have not had adequate statistical power to measure the effects of exercise training on clinical outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy and safety of exercise training among patients with heart failure.
Authors
O’Connor CM; Whellan DJ; Lee KL; Keteyian SJ; Cooper LS; Ellis SJ; Leifer ES; Kraus WE; Kitzman DW; Blumenthal JA
Journal
JAMA, Vol. 301, No. 14, pp. 1439–1450
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
April 8, 2009
DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.454
ISSN
0098-7484