Table 1.

Recommendations on indications for performing echocardiography.

INDICATION	APPROPRIATE (A), INAPPROPRIATE (I) OR UNDETERMINED (U)
Perform an echocardiogram for the diagnosis of Chagas disease	I
Perform a transthoracic echocardiogram to assess cardiac involvement in a patient diagnosed with Chagas disease	A
In areas with limited accessibility to health centers, it would be useful to perform a handheld echocardiogram to initially assess cardiac involvement	U
In rural areas with limited access to health centers, a POCUS protocol could be proposed to assess wall motion disorders, the presence of ventricular aneurysms, and left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with Chagas disease to determine cardiac involvement	U