| BNP |
B-type Natriuretic Peptide |
| ChD |
Chagas Disease |
| CI |
Confidence Interval |
| DALYs |
Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
| DOAC |
Direct Oral Anticoagulants |
| ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
| ELSA-Brasil |
The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health |
| FU |
Federative Unit |
| GARFIELD-AF |
The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-AF |
| GBD |
Global Burden of Disease |
| GIRAF |
CoGnitive Impairment Related to Atrial Fibrillation |
| HR |
Hazard Ratio |
| ICD-10 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10thRevision |
| IMPACT-AF |
Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Treatment With Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation |
| INR |
International Normalized Ratio |
| NYHA |
New York Heart Association |
| OR |
Odds Ratio |
| PPP |
Purchasing Power Parity |
| RECALL |
The Brazilian Registry of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation |
| SUS |
Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese,
Sistema Único de Saúde
) |
| TTR |
Time in Therapeutic Range |
| UI |
Uncertainty Interval |
