ABC | Volume 111, Nº1, July 2018

Original Article Stevens et al The Economic Burden of Heart Conditions in Brazil Arq Bras Cardiol. 2018; 111(1):29-36 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 13. OECD, Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: A Synthesis of Findings across OECDCountries , OECDPublishing, Paris. 2010. DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264088856-en 14. World Health Organisation. (WHO) Life Tables [Internet]. 2013. [Cited in 2017 Dec 13] Available from: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view. main.61060?lang=en 15. International Labour Organization (ILO). Yearly Indicators [Internet]. ILOSTAT Database. 2015. [Cited in 2017 Dec 12]. Available from: http://www.ilo.org/ilostat/faces/help_home/data_by_subject?_adf.ctrl- state=yec0m3bb1_4&_afrLoop=1785972379138174 16. Gure T, Kabeto M, Blaum C, Langa K. Degree of disability and patterns of caregiving among older americans with congestive heart failure. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(1):70–6. 17. Araujo D., Tavares LR, Verissimo R, Ferraz MB, Mesquita ET. Cost of heart failure in the unified health system. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2005;84(5):422–7. 18. Liu JLY, Maniadakis N, Gray A, Rayner M. The economic burden of coronary heart disease in the UK. Heart. 2002;88(6):597-605. 19. OECD. Personal Income Tax Statistics 2014. [Cited in 2017 Dec 10]. Available from: http://stats.oecd.org/BrandedView.aspx?oecd_bv_id=tax- data-en&doi=data-00805-en 20. OECD. Consumption Tax Trends 2014. [Cited in 2017 Dec 11] Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/ctt-2014-en 21. Chow G V. Epidemiology of arrhythmias and conduction disorder in older adults. Clin Geriatr Med. 2012;28(4):539–53. 22. Picariello C, Lazzeri C, Attanà P, Chiostri M, Gensini GF, Valente S. The impact of hypertension on patients with acute coronary syndromes. Int J Hypertens.2011:1-7. 23. DeFrances CJ, Lucas CA, Buie VC, Golosinskiy A. Epidemiology and risk profile of heart failure. Natl Health Stat Report. 2008;8(5):1–20. 24. Pandor A, Thokala P, Gomersall T, Baalbaki H, Stevens JW, Wang J, et al. Home telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes after recent discharge in patients with heart failure: systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess. 2013;17(32):1-207. 25. Solomon SD, Dobson J, Pocok S, Skali H, McMuray JJV, Granger CB, et al. Influence of nonfatal hospitalization for heart failure on subsequent mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. Circulation. 2007;116(13):1482-7. 26. Klersy C, Silvestri AD, Gabutti G, Raisaro A, Curti M, Regoli F, et al. Economic impact of remote patient monitoring:an integr ated economic model deriv ed from ameta-analysis of randomized controlled trials inheart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2011;13((4):450-9. 27. McCormick N, Lacaille D, Bhole V, Anvina-Zubieta JA. Validity of Heart Failure Diagnoses in Administrative Databases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104519. 28. Jensen PN, Johnson K, Floyd J, Heckbert SR, Carnahan R, Dublin S. A systematic review of validated methods for identifying atrial fibrillation using administrative data. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2012;21(1):141-7. 29. Violi F, Soliman EZ, Pignatelli P, Pastori D. Atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction: a systematic review and appraisal of pathophysiologic mechanisms. J AmHeart Assoc. 2016;5(5).pii:e003347. 36