Abbreviations Used in Chapter 6
AF	Atrial Fibrillation
BNP	B-type Natriuretic Peptide
CABG	Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
ChD	Chagas Disease
CI	Confidence Interval
DALY	Disability-Adjusted Life Year
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
HF	Heart Failure
HR	Hazard Ratio
ICD-10	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
IMPACT-AF	A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Treatment with Oral Anticoagulants in Atrial Fibrillation
INR	International Normalized Ratio
NOAC	New Oral Anticoagulant
OR	Odds Ratio
PPP	Purchasing Power Parity
SD	Standard Deviation
SDI	Sociodemographic Index
SUS	Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde)
TIA	Transient Ischemic Attack
TTR	Time in Therapeutic Range
UI	Uncertainty Interval
VKA	Vitamin K Antagonist