Cardiovascular diseases are currently the major health problem and are directly involved in more than 17 million deaths each year, which represents 50% of all deaths from noncommunicable diseases. In addition to their effects on individual well-being, cardiovascular diseases are responsible for a high economic impact. A recently published study showed that in Brazil, only four diseases – arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation and heart failure – reached an estimated total financial cost of 56.2 billion reais in the […]