ABC | Volume 113, Nº1, July 2019

Editorial Mesquita et al. Heart failure awareness day Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(1):5-8 seen that social inequalities interfere with accessibility and lead to a consequent increase in cases of the syndrome. 21 As for mortality, using hospital records and death certificates for the mapping out HF, we have observed that, so it can be better characterized, we need to validate a standardized registration methodology using more accurate statistical analyses. The inconsistencies between hospital records and reports of cause of death are presented as a window of opportunity for the implementation of studies to improve quantification in all regions of Brazil. 22 Along with the Brazilian Heart Failure Network (REBRIC), we intend to mobilize all the instances involved in healthcare, disseminating ideas and sharing knowledge to improve healthcare. 23 HF specialists and cardiologists have the important challenge, at the present time, of organizing the health assistance process in the coordination of lines and resources, aiming at expanding the connection with general practitioners, emergency surgeons, geriatricians and hospitalists, promoting the improvement of clinical outcomes and the patient’s journey. The project that we call the HF Map will be one of the priorities of the Department of Heart Failure of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology for 2020-2021, following the consolidated model of comprehensive epistemological assessment of HF figures in our country, tested by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and by the European Society of Heart Failure (ESHF/ESC). 24 This will be done through a digital platform that will collect data from different regions in order to quantify and make available the figures of this epidemic in our country. This platform will be implemented in 2020 and will include national data from the public and private sectors, from regulated organizations and scientific publications, which will be evaluated by data scientists, cardiovascular epidemiologists and clinical and population health researchers. Within this plan, the 1 st Registry of Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis in Children and Adolescents will be carried out in collaboration with the Group of Studies in Cardiomyopathies (GEMIC/SBC), aiming at mapping out and describing this population to contribute with better proposals of continuing medical education, clinical diagnostic criteria and creation of specialized centers of treatment and care. In short, the construction of a day of awareness on HF (Figure 2), on Carlos Chagas’ date of birth, aims at raising the awareness for healthcare professionals, patients, relatives and society in general; and the decision makers in health, who can make decisions and take actions that can influence the evolution of this important cardiovascular epidemic in Brazil. This is one of DEIC’s commitments, which is in lined with the mission of SBC, and supported by the National Academy of Medicine. Figure 2 – This is the logo of the heart failure awareness day campaign promoted by DEIC/SBC, supported by the National Academy of Medicine. 7