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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: However, compared with patients with an ejection fraction > 40 %, patients with an ejection fraction < or = 40 % had more significant (p < 0. 001) ventricular enlargement at entry and demonstrated further (p < 0. 01) global and regional dilation after 6 months, in both the control and the training group (end-diastolic volume from 77 + / - 14 to 85 + / - 17 ml/m2 in the control group and from 74 + / - 11 to 77 + / - 15 ml/m2 in the training group ; regional dilation from 46 + / - 18 % to 57 + / - 21 % in the control group and from 42 + / - 18 % to 44 + / - 26 % in the training group).