Why the study?
Does exercise training reduce mortality in patients with chronic heart failure?
Does exercise training reduce mortality in patients with chronic heart failure?
Supervised exercise training is safe and reduces overall mortality in patients with chronic heart failure.
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Supports incorporating supervised exercise training into chronic heart failure care; strengthens RCT evidence for mortality benefit.
Meta-analysis of randomised trials to date gives no evidence that properly supervised medical training programmes for patients with heart failure might be dangerous, and indeed there is clear evidence of an overall reduction in mortality. Further research should focus on optimising exercise programmes and identifying appropriate patient groups to target.
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