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. 2022 Jan 1;118(1):115–373. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20211012

Abbreviations Used in Chapter 3.

ACCEPT/SBC Brazilian Registry of Clinical Practice in Acute Coronary Syndromes of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology
ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome
AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction
ASA Acetylsalicylic Acid
BRACE Brazilian Registry in Acute Coronary Syndromes
BRIDGE-ACS Brazilian Intervention to Increase Evidence Usage in Acute Coronary Syndromes
BYPASS Brazilian Registry of Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
CCS Chronic Coronary Syndrome
CENIC Brazilian Nationwide PCI Registry (in Portuguese, Central Nacional de Intervenções Cardiovasculares )
CHD Coronary Heart Disease
CI Confidence Interval
CVD Cardiovascular Diseases
DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life Years
DATASUS Brazilian Unified Health System Database
ERICO Strategy of Registry of Acute Coronary Syndrome (in Portuguese, Estudo de Registro de Insuficiência Coronariana )
GBD Global Burden of Disease
IHD Ischemic Heart Disease
MASS Medicine, Angioplasty, or Surgery Study
OR Odds Ratio
PCI Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PNS National Health Survey (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde )
RBSCA Brazilian Registry of Acute Coronary Syndrome (in Portuguese, Registro Brasileiro de Síndrome Coronariana Aguda )
REPLICCAR-I São Paulo's Cardiovascular Surgery Registry (in Portuguese, Registro Paulista de Cirurgia Cardiovascular )
RESISST STEMI Registry from Salvador (in Portuguese, Registro Soteropolitano de Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio com Supra de ST )
SDI Sociodemographic Index
SIH Brazilian Hospital Information System (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informações Hospitalares )
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
YLDs Years Lived with Disability
YLLs Years of Life Lost