Effects of Dietary Inorganic Nitrate Supplementation on Exercise Performance in Patients With Heart Failure: Protocol for a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Trial

Mary N. Woessner   ^{1, 2} , BS, MA ;   Itamar Levinger   ^{1, 3} , BEd, MS, PhD ;   Christopher Neil   ^{1, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Cassandra Smith   ^{1, 3} , BS, MS ;   Jason D Allen   ^{1, 2, 5} , BA, MEd, PhD

¹ Institute of Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

² Western Center for Health and Research Education, Victoria University, St Albans, Australia

³ Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science, Department of Medicine-Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁴ Department of Medicine-Western Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ Department of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States