Benefits of exercise training in the treatment of heart failure: study with a control group

OBJECTIVE: Exercise training programs have been proposed as adjuncts to treatment of heart failure. The effects of a 3-month-exercise-training-program with 3 exercise sessions per week were assessed in patients with stable systolic chronic heart failure. METHODS: We studied 24 patients with final le...

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Main Authors: Mário Sérgio Vaz da Silva, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Maria Helena Gaíva G. da Silva, Shirley Ferreira Pereira, Ronaldo Ducchesi Fontes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-10-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002001300003