Abstract Heart failure is a highly prevalent syndrome worldwide, including in Latin America, where prevalence rates are estimated at 1.2% to 2.1% of the population. This reality is no different in Brazil, where the syndrome is estimated to affect approximately 2% of the adult population, leading to an overwhelming financial impact of approximately 28.1 billion Brazilian reals in 2015 alone, when the total costs to society and the health system were measured. As if the broad economic impact were not […]
