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ReviewHeart failure reviews2008

Exercise training in patients with heart failure: clinical outcomes, safety, and indications.

Robert S McKelvie

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Robert S McKelvieHamilton Health Sciences Corporation--General Site, 237 Barton Street East, L8L 2X2, Hamilton, ON, Canada. mckelrob@hhsc.ca

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) patients are often counseled to limit their physical activity, however, this advice may not be appropriate. Data has accumulated supporting the effectiveness of exercise training to improve fitness levels and symptoms. There are also data suggesting that training may reduce mortality and morbidity in HF patients. Studies have demonstrated that exercise training can be performed safely in appropriately evaluated HF patients. The literature would support the prescribing of exercise training to NYHA II-III HF patients. Consideration could also be given to training stable NYHA IV HF patients who are not symptomatic at rest. This article reviews the effects of exercise training on clinical outcomes and addressing the safety of exercise training and the indications for training in HF patients.

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Exercise TherapyHeart FailureHumansMorbidityMortalityPhysical FitnessQuality of LifeRisk AssessmentTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID17960476

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