Upper leg muscle function and quadriceps muscle area are the primary predictors of maximal exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure, explaining 57% of its variance.
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May aid exercise capacity assessment in chronic HF; hypothesis-generating for muscle-targeted interventions.
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