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Objective. To visually and bibliometrically analyze Latin  American research on heart failure in the last 20 years. Materials and methods. A bibliometric study using the Scopus database. A non-systematic search was carried out to collect data, which were analyzed using  Bibliometrix, a tool of the R programming language. Results. A total of 10204 documents were included in a period between 2003 to 2023. Of these, 66.9% (n=6824) corresponded to original articles, followed by review articles (15.5%; n=1583). International collaboration was present in 38.41% (n=3919) of the articles. Brazil stood out with the highest number of prolific authors and institutions (70% and 60%, respectively), consolidating its position as leader in the  region, followed by Argentina and Mexico. These countries also presented the papers with the highest impact and most outstanding metrics. Conclusions. This s...

Objective. To visually and bibliometrically analyze Latin  American research on heart failure in the last 20 years. Materials and methods. A bibliometric study using the Scopus database. A non-systematic search was carried out to collect data, which were analyzed using  Bibliometrix, a tool of the R programming language. Results. A total of 10204 documents were included in a period between 2003 to 2023. Of these, 66.9% (n=6824) corresponded to original articles, followed by review articles (15.5%; n=1583). International collaboration was present in 38.41% (n=3919) of the articles. Brazil stood out with the highest number of prolific authors and institutions (70% and 60%, respectively), consolidating its position as leader in the  region, followed by Argentina and Mexico. These countries also presented the papers with the highest impact and most outstanding metrics. Conclusions. This s...