30
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2017
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2017
Exercise, nutritional and pharmaceutical counceling
The exercise group will be submitted to a physical exercise intervention protocol performed three times per week, 60 minutes per session, during 6-month period, and a monthly counseling from pharmaceutical and nutritional professionals provided during the follow-up and consisted on general guidance about healthy eating habits for patients with heart failure, mainly sodium and water intake, and medication usage, particularly drug dosage and compliance.
Nutritional and pharmaceutical counceling
The control group will be submitted to a monthly counseling from pharmaceutical and nutritional professionals provided during the follow-up and consisted on general guidance about healthy eating habits for patients with heart failure, mainly sodium and water intake, and medication usage, particularly drug dosage and compliance.
Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation., Rio de Janeiro
National Institute of Cardiology, Laranjeiras, Brazil
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Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Disease
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