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Cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure can improve quality of life and fitness

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5456 (Published 01 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l5456

Editorial

NIHR’s research signals in The BMJ
  1. Rob Cook, clinical director1,
  2. Peter Davidson, clinical advisor2,
  3. Rosie Martin, clinical specialist1
  4. on behalf of NIHR Dissemination Centre
  1. 1Bazian, Economist Intelligence Unit Healthcare, London, UK
  2. 2Wessex Institute, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  1. Correspondence to R Cook rob.cook{at}bazian.com

The study

Taylor RS, Walker S, Ciani O, et al. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for chronic heart failure: the EXTRAMATCH II individual participant data meta-analysis. Health Technol Assess 2019;23:1-98.

This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 15/80/30).

To read the full NIHR Signal, go to https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000803/cardiac-rehabilitation-for-heart-failure-can-improve-quality-of-life-and-fitness

Footnotes

  • Contributor: Joelle Kirby

  • All authors contributed to development and review of this summary, as part of the wider NIHR Signals editorial team. RC is guarantor.

  • Disclaimer NIHR Signals are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and are made available to the BMJ under licence. NIHR Signals report and comment on health and social care research but do not offer any endorsement of the research. The NIHR assumes no responsibility or liability arising from any error or omission or from the use of any information contained in NIHR Signals.

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  • Competing interests The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none

  • Further details of The BMJ policy on financial interests is here: https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-authors/forms-policies-and-checklists/declaration-competing-interests

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