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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">abc</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>S&#227;o Paulo, SP, Brazil</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/S0066-782X2008001800001</article-id>
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          <subject>P&#225;gina do Presidente</subject>
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        <article-title>Educa&#231;&#227;o continuada, globaliza&#231;&#227;o da cardiologia nacional e participa&#231;&#227;o nas pol&#237;ticas de sa&#250;de</article-title>
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            <surname>Chagas</surname>
            <given-names>Antonio Carlos Palandri</given-names>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2008</year>
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      <volume>91</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <fpage>366</fpage>
      <lpage>366</lpage>
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        <license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" xml:lang="en">
          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
        <day>05</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2009</year>
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    <p>
      <bold>P&#193;GINA DO PRESIDENTE</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Educa&#231;&#227;o continuada, globaliza&#231;&#227;o da cardiologia nacional e participa&#231;&#227;o nas pol&#237;ticas de sa&#250;de</p>
    <p>
      <bold>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</bold>
    </p>
    <p>Presidente da SBC</p>
    <p>
      <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="end">Correspond&#234;ncia</xref>
    </p>
    <p>
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    <p>Terminado este primeiro ano &#224; frente da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC), aproveito a oportunidade para fazer um balan&#231;o dos 12 meses de trabalho. E, dessa forma, destaco o trip&#233; em que se apoiou nossa gest&#227;o voltada, sobretudo, &#224; promo&#231;&#227;o da educa&#231;&#227;o continuada de qualidade, &#224; internacionaliza&#231;&#227;o da cardiologia brasileira e &#224; participa&#231;&#227;o da entidade na elabora&#231;&#227;o das pol&#237;ticas de sa&#250;de p&#250;blica.</p>
    <p>A responsabilidade de assegurar a difus&#227;o do conhecimento assumi no momento da posse. Direcionadas a esse prop&#243;sito, posso citar um sem n&#250;mero de iniciativas, desde a realiza&#231;&#227;o dos eventos de nossas estaduais e regionais, departamentos e grupos de estudos &#150; para 2009, j&#225; h&#225; mais de 40 sess&#245;es programadas &#150;, passando pela renova&#231;&#227;o dos cursos de reciclagem e pelo est&#237;mulo &#224; promo&#231;&#227;o dos treinamentos em ACLS (<italic>Advanced Cardiac Life Suport</italic>), sem deixar de mencionar o maior f&#243;rum de todos: o Congresso Brasileiro de Cardiologia.</p>
    <p>&#201; importante destacar que essas a&#231;&#245;es foram realizadas de forma descentralizada de modo a promover o desenvolvimento da cardiologia em todos os territ&#243;rios da na&#231;&#227;o. Procuramos aproximar-nos de nossos representantes. Atrav&#233;s do projeto "SBC sempre Presente", garantimos a participa&#231;&#227;o de membros da diretoria e do <italic>staff</italic> da entidade em seus diversos eventos promovidos ao longo do ano com objetivo de apoi&#225;-los, mas, principalmente, conhecer suas necessidades.</p>
    <p>O mesmo programa possibilitou nossa presen&#231;a nos principais f&#243;runs mundiais do setor como os congressos do <italic>American College of Cardiology</italic>, da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia, da <italic>World Heart Federation</italic>, da Sociedade Espanhola de Cardiologia e da <italic>American Heart Association</italic>. Em alguns deles, inclusive, com a SBC integrando sua programa&#231;&#227;o cient&#237;fica atrav&#233;s da realiza&#231;&#227;o de simp&#243;sios conjuntos.</p>
    <p>Em contrapartida, essas sess&#245;es tamb&#233;m foram realizadas no 63&#186; Congresso Brasileiro de Cardiologia, efetivando a internacionaliza&#231;&#227;o do evento, e j&#225; est&#227;o programadas para a pr&#243;xima edi&#231;&#227;o que acontecer&#225; entre 12 e 16 de setembro de 2009, em Salvador. Essas iniciativas integram o plano de a&#231;&#227;o para que a SBC assuma papel de lideran&#231;a da cardiologia sul-americana.</p>
    <p>Importante passo tomado e que far&#225; a entidade avan&#231;ar nessa dire&#231;&#227;o &#233; o lan&#231;amento da vers&#227;o em l&#237;ngua espanhola dos <italic>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</italic>. A edi&#231;&#227;o eletr&#244;nica na nova l&#237;ngua, al&#233;m do ingl&#234;s, j&#225; est&#225; dispon&#237;vel a partir deste m&#234;s. Ser&#225; oficialmente anunciada durante a cerim&#244;nia de comemora&#231;&#227;o dos 60 anos de exist&#234;ncia do peri&#243;dico e do IV Pr&#234;mio ABC de Publica&#231;&#227;o Cient&#237;fica que acontecer&#225; em S&#227;o Paulo, no dia 6.</p>
    <p>Mas n&#227;o s&#243; no sentido da globaliza&#231;&#227;o da cardiologia nacional caminha a SBC. Estamos atuando diretamente junto ao Minist&#233;rio da Sa&#250;de, com quem assinamos termo de coopera&#231;&#227;o t&#233;cnica. A formaliza&#231;&#227;o da parceria &#233; resultado de uma s&#233;rie de a&#231;&#245;es postas em pr&#225;tica pela atual diretoria para interferir positivamente na formula&#231;&#227;o de pol&#237;ticas p&#250;blicas de sa&#250;de cardiovascular. E, al&#233;m da participa&#231;&#227;o da entidade nesses projetos, o acordo mostra como o governo federal reconhece a import&#226;ncia da SBC.</p>
    <p>E esse reconhecimento n&#227;o &#233; em v&#227;o: temos exaustivamente destacado a necessidade da preven&#231;&#227;o com o objetivo de conseguirmos reverter a grande incid&#234;ncia das doen&#231;as cardiovasculares no Brasil, que hoje matam quase 300 mil pessoas todos os anos. Encaramos de frente o trabalho para melhorar as condi&#231;&#245;es de sa&#250;de do brasileiro e para que n&#227;o se concretizem proje&#231;&#245;es como a da Organiza&#231;&#227;o Mundial de Sa&#250;de (OMS) de que seremos, em 2040, a na&#231;&#227;o com a maior incid&#234;ncia desse problema em todo o planeta. O desafio &#233; de todos n&#243;s. Contem com a SBC!</p>
    <p>Feliz Natal e um 2009 cheio de realiza&#231;&#245;es!</p>
    <p>
      <fn id="end" fn-type="corresp">
        <label>
          <bold>Correspond&#234;ncia:</bold>
        </label>
        <p> Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas </p>
        <p> Avenida Marechal C&#226;mara, 160/330, Centro </p>
        <p> 20020-907, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil </p>
        <p> E-mail: </p>
        <p>
          <email xlink:href="acchagas@cardiol.br">acchagas@cardiol.br</email>
        </p>
      </fn>
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          <subject>The President's Page</subject>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">Continuing education, internationalization of Brazilian cardiology and participation in the creation of health care policies</article-title>
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      <p>
        <bold>THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE</bold>
      </p>
      <p>Continuing education, internationalization of Brazilian cardiology and participation in the creation of health care policies</p>
      <p>
        <bold>Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</bold>
      </p>
      <p> President of SBC</p>
      <p>
        <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="end-body2">Mailing address</xref>
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      <p>As the end of this first year as the President of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (<italic>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia &#150; SBC</italic>) draws near, I take the opportunity to appraise these 12 months of work. And, in doing so, I emphasize the tripod on which our term has been supported, directed mainly at promoting continuing education of good quality, the internationalization of the Brazilian Cardiology and the participation of SBC in the creation of health care policies.</p>
      <p>I took the responsibility of ensuring the spreading of knowledge at the moment I became the President of SBC. I can cite many of the initiatives directed to that purpose, from state and regional scientific meetings, department and study group events &#150; for 2009, there are more than 40 sessions already planned &#150; to refreshing courses and promoting ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) trainings, without forgetting to mention the biggest forum of all: the Brazilian Congress of Cardiology.</p>
      <p>It is important to stress that these actions were carried out in a decentralized way, in order to promote the development of Cardiology throughout the country. We strove to get close to our representatives. Through the "Always Present SBC" Project, we guaranteed the participation of members of the Board and the staff of SBC at the several events that took place throughout the year with the objective of supporting them, but mainly to get to know their needs.</p>
      <p>The same program allowed our presence at the main international forums in the area, such as the meetings of the American College of Cardiology, the Portuguese Society of Cardiology, the World Heart Federation, the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. In some of them, SBC participated in their scientific programs, through joint meetings.</p>
      <p> On the other hand, these sessions were carried out at the 63<sup>rd</sup> Brazilian Congress of Cardiology, confirming the international status of the meeting and they have been confirmed for the next convention, which will take place on September 12-16, 2009, in the city of Salvador, state of Bahia. These initiatives comprise the action plan for SBC to take the lead in South-American cardiology.</p>
      <p>An important step that has been taken and one that will make the Society move toward this direction, which is the Spanish version of the Brazilian Archives of Cardiology. The electronic version in the new language, in addition to the one in the English language, will be available as of this month. It will be officially announced during the commemorative ceremony to celebrate the 60<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Journal and the IV ABC Scientific Publication Award, which will be held in Sao Paulo, on December 6.</p>
      <p>However, globalization is not the only path that national cardiology follows. We are working together with the Ministry of Health, with whom we signed a Term of Technical Cooperation. The formalization of this partnership is the result of a series of actions undertaken by this Board of Directors to positively interfere in the creation of public policies of cardiovascular health. And, in addition to the participation of SBC in these projects, the agreement shows that the Federal Government acknowledges the importance of SBC.</p>
      <p>And this acknowledgement is not unwarranted: we have extensively promoted the need for prevention, with the objective of being able to reverse the high incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Brazil, which currently kill almost 300,000 people every year. We face the effort to improve the health conditions of the Brazilian people and to prevent projections, such as the one by the World Health Organization (WHO) that Brazil will be, in 2040, the country with the highest incidence of cardiovascular diseases in the world. The challenge pertains to all of us. Count on SBC to do it!</p>
      <p>Merry Christmas and a Successful New Year!</p>
      <p>
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          <p>Mailing address:</p>
          <p> Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas</p>
          <p> Avenida Marechal C&#226;mara, 160/330, Centro</p>
          <p> 20020-907, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil </p>
          <p> E-mail: </p>
          <p>
            <email xlink:href="acchagas@cardiol.br">acchagas@cardiol.br</email>
          </p>
        </fn>
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