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Table 1. Causes of ventricular failure (28) Left sided ventricular Failure Right Ventricular Failure Volume overload Aortic or Mitral regurtitation Hyperdynamic circulation: anaemia, thyrotoxicosis
Loss of Muscle Myocardial infarction Connective tissue disease
Right Ventricular failure Myocardial Infarction
Reduced contractility Alcohol Infections: bacterial and viral
Table 2. Four selected articles. Study Title Authors 1 (29) Tai Chi Exercise in Patients With
Chronic Heart Failure Yeh GY, McCarthy EP, Wayne PM, Stevenson LW, Wood MJ, Forman D et al
2 (30) Exercise training in older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: a randomised, controlled, single-blind trial
Kitzman DW, Brubaker PH, Morgan TM, Stewart KP, Little WC
3 (31) Efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure: HF-ACTION randomised controlled trial
O'Connor CM, Whellan DJ, Lee KL, Keteyian SJ, Cooper LS, Ellis SJ, et al
4 (32) Comparison of hospital-based versus home-based exercise training in patients with heart failure: effects on functional capacity, quality of life, psychological symptoms, and hemodynamic parameters
Karapolat H, Demir E, Bozkaya YT, Eyigor S, Nalbantgil S, Durmaz B, et al
Table 3. RCT critical appraisal questions applied to the four chosen studies (31).
Table 4. Studies and patient characteristics
Table 4 (cont). Studies and patient characteristics