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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Over the study period, intervention patients showed significant (P < 0. 05) improvements in a range of summary outcome measures [AUC (95 % confidence limits)] including exercise tolerance [2-min walk test : 1607. 2 (1474. 9, 1739. 5) m. month in intervention patients vs. 1403. 3 (1256. 5, 1549. 8) in control patients], forced vital capacity [31. 6 (30. 8, 32. 4) l. month in the intervention patients vs. 27. 8 (26. 8, 28. 9) in control patients], health-related quality of life, as measured by the Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire [463. 5 (433. 2, 493. 9) unit. month in intervention patients vs. 637. 5 (597. 2, 677. 7) in control patients ; a lower score in this measure indicates better health-related quality of life].