Table 4. – Characteristics of heart failure patients at hospital admission.
| Etiology of heart failure | Chagas disease | 66/264 (25.8%) |
| idiopathic | 57/264 (22.3%) | |
| Ischemic | 39/264 (15.2%) | |
| Valvular | 39/264 (15.2%) | |
| Hypertrophic | 8/264 (3.1%) | |
| Cardiotoxicity | 5/264 (2.0%) | |
| Hypertensive | 5/264 (2.0%) | |
| Others | 45/264 (17.0%) | |
| Number of hospitalizations in the last six months | 0 | 44/184 (23.9%) |
| 1 | 40/184 (21.7%) | |
| 2 | 42/184 (22.8%) | |
| > 2 | 58/184 (31.5%) | |
| New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class | I | 3/254 (1.2%) |
| II | 16/254 (5.9%) | |
| III | 70/254 (27.6%) | |
| IV | 124/254 (48.8%) | |
| Patient on the waiting list for heart transplantation | Yes | 70/259 (27%) |
| No | 189/259 (73%) | |
| Hemodynamic profile | Warm and dry | 8/253 (3.2%) |
| Warm and wet | 152/253 (60.1%) | |
| Cold and wet | 62/253 (24.5%) | |
| Cold and dry | 8/253 (3.2%) | |
| Cause of decompensation | Non-adherence to medication | 23/273 (8.4%) |
| Non-compliance with dietary and water intake recommendations | 11/273 (4.0%) | |
| Uncontrolled hypertension | 5/273 (1.8%) | |
| Infection | 42/273 (15.4%) | |
| Arrhythmia | 46/273 (16.8%) | |
| Decompensated renal failure | 11/273 (4.0%) | |
| Ischemia or acute coronary syndrome | 14/273 (5.1%) | |
| Echocardiographic data * | Left ventricular ejection fraction, % - m±sd | 35.0 ± 9.0 |
| Left atrial diameter, millimeter - m±sd | 49.5 ± 9.0 | |
| Other data of hospitalization | Prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis | 237/256 (92.6%) |
| Weight recordings (at least 70% of hospitalization period) | 173/256 (67.8%) | |
| Discontinuation of beta-blockers at admission or during hospitalization | Yes | 81/141 (57.4%) |
| No | 60/141 (42.6%) |
* Complete data available in the system (variable denominator) – echocardiographic data (217 patients). Variable presented as mean ± standard deviation (m±sd)