The positive effect of physical training in patients with heart failure (HF) has been increasingly established. However, the presence of atrial fibrillation (AF), mainly in its permanent form, makes the clinical picture of these patients more compromised. The literature has not yet demonstrated studies involving indication of physical exercise therapy when AF is associated with HF. Thus, the hypothesis is that physical training improves functional capacity, cerebral oxygenation, autonomic aspects, vascular aspects, cardiac function, plasma markers, quality of life and cognitive function of these patients.
The positive effect of physical training in patients with heart failure (HF) has been increasingly established. However, the presence of atrial fibrillation (AF), mainly in its permanent form, makes the clinical condition of the patients more compromised.