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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: A significant improvement in 6-minute walked distance (F = 21. 61, P =. 001), Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire summary (F = 8. 68, P =. 006), Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (F = 6. 43, P =. 017), Beck Depression Inventory (F = 6. 66, P =. 015), Zung (F = 6. 25, P =. 019), and flow-mediated dilatation diameter (F = 11. 98, P =. 002) was observed in the FES group compared with placebo group ; B-type natriuretic peptide also declined but not significantly (F = 0. 249, P =. 622), and there was a tendency toward lower mitral E/e'wave ratio (F = 3. 066, P =. 091).