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. 2024 Feb 15;121(2):e20240079. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20240079

Abbreviations Used in Chapter 3.

ACCEPT Brazilian Registry of Clinical Practice in Acute Coronary Syndromes
ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome
AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction
B-CaRe:QCO Brasilia Cardiovascular Registry for Quality of Care and Outcomes
BRACE Brazilian Registry in Acute Coronary Syndromes
BYPASS Brazilian Registry of Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
CAC Coronary Artery Calcification
CCS Chronic Coronary Syndrome
CHD Coronary Heart Disease
CI Confidence Interval
CVD Cardiovascular Disease
DALY Disability-Adjusted Life Years
DATASUS Brazilian Unified Health System Database
ERICO Strategy of Registry of Acute Coronary Syndrome
GBD Global Burden of Disease
IHD Ischemic Heart Disease
IQR Interquartile Range
MASS Medicine, Angioplasty, or Surgery Study
OR Odds Ratio
PCI Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PNS National Health Survey (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde )
REPLICCAR-I São Paulo's Cardiovascular Surgery Registry (in Portuguese, Registro Paulista de Cirurgia Cardiovascular )
REPLICCAR-II São Paulo's Cardiovascular Surgery Registry II (in Portuguese: Registro Paulista de Cirurgia Cardiovascular II )
SAMU Urgent Medical Care Service (in Portuguese: Serviço de Atendimento Médico de Urgência )
SIH Brazilian Hospital Information System (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informações Hospitalares )
SIM Brazilian Mortality Information System (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade )
STEMI ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
SUS Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde )
UI Uncertainty Interval
VICTIM Via Crucis for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction
YLD Years Lived with Disability
YLL Years of Life Lost