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Evaluation of the effects of dark chocolate with 70% cocoa on cardiovascular health in patients with heart failure

Not Applicable
Conditions
Heart Failure
C14.280.434
Registration Number
RBR-59xfk3
Lead Sponsor
Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Cardiovasculares
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Data analysis completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Sedentary men or women between the ages of 40 and 80;Body mass index (BMI) above 18.5 kg / m 2 for both sexes;Stage 1, 2 and 3 ICC according to the NYHA classification criteria, (1994)

Exclusion Criteria

In use of any dietary supplement you have in your formulation Antioxidant nutrient and chocolate;Creatinine clearance less than 60 mL / min; Smokers or former smokers (less than two years of Smoking);Liver and / or pancreatic disease;Unstable angina pectoris;
Allergy to chocolate or its derivatives;Patients with stage 4 heart failure according to the criterion of NYHA classification (1994); Physical examination with presence of edema;Presence of infectious, autoimmune or immunosuppressive disease; Presence of cardiac cachexia;Presence of hypoalbuminemia;Use of pacemaker;

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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