[Clinical and therapeutics aspects of heart failure due to Chagas disease].

Objective: Describe the clinical and therapeutic characteristics of patients with heart failure (HF) secondary to chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy and evaluate if these characteristics are different from those found in other etiologies.

Methods: A prospective analysis of the patients treated between August 2003 and June 2004 at a HF referral outpatient clinic was conducted.

Results: Three hundred and fifty six patients diagnosed with HF were included in the study.