Study	Reason for exclusion
Adamopoulos 2001	Relevant outcomes not reported
Alves 2012	Relevant outcomes not reported
Barrow 2008	< 6 months' follow‐up
Belardinelli 2005	< 6 months' follow‐up
Briffa 2005	Not heart failure
Brotons 2009	Not exercise‐based cardiac rehabilitation intervention
Chang 2005	Relevant outcomes not reported
Coats 1992	< 6 months' follow‐up
Collins 2004	< 6 months' follow‐up
Corvera‐Tindel 2004	< 6 months' follow‐up
Cowie 2011	< 6 months' follow‐up
Deng 2006	Relevant outcomes not reported
Dingli 2002	Relevant outcomes not reported
Edelmann 2011	< 6 months' follow‐up
Erbs 2003	Relevant outcomes not reported
Erbs 2010	Relevant outcomes not reported
ExTraMATCH 2004	Meta‐analysis
Franco 2006	< 6 months' follow‐up
Gary 2004	Relevant outcomes not reported
Gary 2007	< 6 months' follow‐up
Haykowsky 2007	Meta‐analysis
Inglis 2006	Exercise advice only
Jolly 2007	Protocol only
Jónsdóttir 2006b	< 6 months' follow‐up
Kiilavuori 1999	Relevant outcomes not reported
Kitzman 2010	< 6 months' follow‐up
Kobayashi 2003	Relevant outcomes not reported
Korzeniowska‐Kubacka 2010	Not a randomised controlled trial
Lloyd‐Williams 2002	Meta‐analysis
Meyer 2005	Relevant outcomes not reported
Molloy 2006	Relevant outcomes not reported
Mudge 2011	Protocol
Myers 2001	Relevant outcomes not reported
Myers 2002	Relevant outcomes not reported
Myers 2007	Relevant outcomes not reported
Niebauer 2005a	Relevant outcomes not reported
Niebauer 2005b	Relevant outcomes not reported
Oka 2000	Relevant outcomes not reported
Owen 2000	< 6 months' follow‐up
Parnell 2002	< 6 months' follow‐up
Passino 2008	Relevant outcomes not reported
Ponikowski 1997	< 6 months' follow‐up
Pozehl 2003	< 6 months' follow‐up
Pu 2001	Relevant outcomes not reported
Sabelis 2004	Relevant outcomes not reported
Sarullo 2006	< 6 months' follow‐up
Selig 2004	< 6 months' follow‐up
Senden 2005	Relevant outcomes not reported
Smart 2004	Meta‐analysis
Smart 2007	< 6 months' follow‐up
Stewart 1998	Exercise advice only
Taylor‐Piliae 2004	Meta‐analysis
Tyni‐Lenne 2001	< 6 months' follow‐up
van den Berg‐Emons 2004	< 6 months' follow‐up
van Tol 2006	Meta‐analysis
Vasiliauskas 2007	Relevant outcomes not reported
Wielenga 1998	< 6 months' follow‐up
Williams 2007	Relevant outcomes not reported
Wisløff 2007	< 6 months' follow‐up
Yeh 2004	< 6 months' follow‐up
Zhang 2003	< 6 months' follow‐up
Zhao 2005	Relevant outcomes not reported