Abbreviations Used in Chapter 4.
| BREATHE | Brazilian Registry of Heart Failure |
|---|---|
| ChCM | Chagas Cardiomyopathy |
| ChD | Chagas Disease |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| DALY | Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
| FU | Federative Unit |
| GBD | Global Burden of Disease |
| HF | Heart Failure |
| HR | Hazard Ratio |
| ICD-10 | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10thRevision |
| RR | Relative Risk |
| SEADE | Data Analysis State System Foundation (in Portuguese, Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados ) |
| SUS | Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde ) |
| T. cruzi | Trypanosoma cruzi |
| UI | Uncertainty Interval |
| US | United States |
| YLDs | Years Lived with Disability |
| YLLs | Years of Life Lost |