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Case: 65‐year‐old woman (61 points) with Chagas cardiomyopathy presented in NYHA functional class I (0 points) with abnormal NT‐proBNP (N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide; 55 points), heart rate of 85 beats/min (18 points), and QRS duration of 160 ms (15 points). The total sum of points is 149, which classifies her as high risk with a predicted probability of 2‐year mortality of 38%.NT‐proBNP indicates N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide; NYHA, New York Heart Association.
