Volume 113, Nº 1, July 2019
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20190137
EDITORIAL
Heart Failure Awareness Day: A Tribute to the Genius Carlos Chagas
Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
Aurea Lucia Alves de Azevedo Grippa de Souza
Salvador Rassi
Figure 1 – A) The ten thousand Brazilian cruzados note in honor of Carlos Chagas – “The notable physician in his laboratory” – launched in 1988. B) Stamp commemorating the 35th Brazilian Conference on Cardiology in honor of Carlos Chagas, 1979. C) Commemorative Stamp of the National Health Day – Chagas’ Disease, 1980. .
Keywords: Heart Failure/epidemiology; Heart Failure /prevention and control; Risk Factors; Chagas Cardiomyopathy/physiopathology; Chagas Disease/epidemiology.