The thorough and well-structured analysis by Marcolino et al. in the article “Satisfaction of emergency physicians with the care provided to patients with cardiovascular diseases in the Extended Northern Region of Minas Gerais”, published in this Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia issue, highlights important problems to be addressed in the Brazilian medical healthcare.

Although circumscribed to a region, that study would most probably reproduce the reality of several other Brazilian regions, some even with a higher human development index. The dissatisfactions brought up in that study can be easily observed in the daily medical practice in almost all Brazilian cities, notably emergency care in general, and emergency cardiovascular care in particular. In the later, the issue is compounded by the frequent need for combining good and prompt care to yield effectiveness.

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