Skeletal muscle endurance training improves peripheral oxidative capacity, exercise tolerance, and health-related quality of life in women with chronic congestive heart failure secondary to either ischemic cardiomyopathy or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopat

Despite reported benefits of exercise training in men with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) and in both men and women with coronary artery disease, the effects of training in women with CHF have not been throughly investigated. Therefore, 16 women (