Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 188-194 , September 1999

Effects of exercise training on peak performance and quality of life in congestive heart failure patients

  • Stephen S. Gottlieb, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephen S. Gottlieb, MD, Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Michael L. Fisher, MD

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    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Ronald Freudenberger, MD

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    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Shawn Robinson, MD

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    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Gretchen Zietowski, MS, RN

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    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Lynette Alves, MS

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    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Catherine Krichten, RN, CRNP

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Peter Vaitkevicus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Robert Mccarter, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Received 15 February 1999 ,Revised 19 April 1999 ,Accepted 19 April 1999.

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☆ Supported in part by grant no. P60AG12583 from the National Institute of Aging, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Bethesda, MD.

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Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 188-194 , September 1999

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