Table 1.

Major inclusion criteria for each of the four cardiopathies.

Inclusion Criteria	Dilated Cardiomyopathy	Chagas Disease	Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease	Myocardial Infarction
Age (years)	18 to 65	18 to 75	30 to 75	30 to 80
Diagnosis of target disease	WHO criteria	2 serologic test	typical angina with positive cardiac scintigraphy or MRI	WHO criteria
Congestive heart failure	III – IV NYHA	III – IV NYHA	no	no
Ischemia	no	no	II to IV CCS	not mandatory
Left ventricular ejection fraction	≤35%	≤35%	25%–55%	<50%
Method	Simpson	Simpson	Simpson	Dodge
Medical Therapy	Optimized	Optimized	Optimized	Optimized