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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared to an equally long time period before randomization, during follow-up, a significant reduction in cardiac hospitalizations (from 1. 83 + / - 1. 54 to 1. 07 + / - 1. 39, P = 0. 004), total hospitalizations (from 2. 09 + / - 1. 71 to 1. 52 + / - 1. 68, P = 0. 003), HFC visits (from 3. 31 + / - 2. 33 to 2. 24 + / - 1. 38, P = 0. 03) and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class (from 2. 74 + / - 0. 70 to 2. 49 + / - 0. 61, P = 0. 04) was observed.