Importance of the Correct Definition of Severe Heart Disease in the Prognosis of Individuals Considered with Retirement Due to Disability

The manuscript “The Impact of Severe Heart Disease on Causes of Death and Survival after Disability Retirement” demonstrates higher mortality in individuals retired due to severe heart disease when compared to those retired for other causes or proportional retirement. Furthermore, it showed coinciding diagnoses between the cause of retirement and death in full retirements due to severe heart disease, demonstrating that serious heart disease plays a fundamental role in the prognosis of retired individuals.

In 2006, the Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia published the II Brazilian Guideline on Severe Heart Disease, which standardized the classification of heart diseases as serious or not for expert assessment. The manuscript in question, demonstrating the association of the diagnosis of severe heart disease with a worse long-term prognosis, reinforces the need to define the severity of each patient in their assessment correctly.

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