Background: Studies on Trypanosoma cruzi infections and histopathologic studies in individuals with Chagas disease suggest that ischaemia plays a role in the pathogenesis of myocardial lesions in the chronic phase of the disease. These ischaemic disorders are caused by microcirculatory deregulation. Atypical angina is a common symptom in patients in the chronic phase of Chagas disease. In a large number of patients, despite the absence of significant angiographic coronary obstructions, the occurrence of perfusion abnormalities is documented by myocardial scintigraphy during stress, which is reversible after rest. Methods: This will be a single-centre, prospective, single cohort study with a therapeutic intervention followed by a late quantitative re-evaluation of myocardial perfusion defects initially detected in patients with Chagas disease and angiographically normal coronary arte ries. Myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) will be performed before and 90 days after therapeutic intervention using Technetium ( 99m Tc) sestamibi as a radiotracer and physical stress or vasodilation stimulation with dipyridamole. Therapeutic intervention will consist of acetylsalicylic acid (single daily dose of 100 mg) with verapamil (80 mg b.i.d.; a total daily dose of 160 mg). The primary endpoint of the study is a > 50% reduction of the area of ischaemic myocardium calculated by the polar scintigraphic map. Conclusions: This will be the first study of a therapeutic approach to attenuate or reverse ischaemic