This study aim at assessing the effect of two levels of dietary sodium intake during seven days in hospitalized patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. It is a prospective cohort, randomized, with blinded intervention groups: low sodium diet (the patients will receive 3 g/day of dietary sodium intake), and normal sodium diet (patients will receive 7 g/day of dietary sodium intake). Besides that, both groups will be submitted to a fluid intake limited to 1000 ml/day.
This study is design to assess two levels of dietary sodium intake in the treatment of patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.