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Figure 1 Study outline. Patients with reactive airway disease were excluded per protocol, but patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were allowed. The investigator made the determination of pulmonary disease too severe for the patient to be enrolled. AV = atrioventricular; EF = ejection fraction; HF = heart failure; NYHA = New York Heart Association.
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