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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Home-based exercise rehabilitation in addition to specialist heart failure nurse care: design, rationale and recruitment to the Birmingham Rehabilitation Uptake Maximisation study for patients with congestive heart failure (BRUM-CHF): a randomised controlled trial

Inclusion Criteria

Admitted with decompensated heart failure or had heart failure of severity NYHA II or III within the past 24 months

LVSF (left ventricular systolic function) with ejection fraction of <40% or moderate to severe impairment on 2D ECHO

Stable and compensated heart failure for at least 4 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

NYHA IV

Unable to speak English

MI or revascularisation within the past 4 months

Cardiac rehabilitation within the past 6 months

BP < 100 mmHg systolic, demonstrated postural hypotension, or fall in BP on exercise

Disabling CVA (stroke) within the past 6 months

Severe musculoskeletal problems preventing exercise

Unstable angina

Ventricular or symptomatic arrhythmias

Obstructive aortic valvular disease with a gradient of > 35 mmHg

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Documented severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring medication

Case-note reported dementia or current severe psychiatric disorder