The prevalence of patients with heart failure (HF) in Brazil is high, with an increasing number of hospitalizations for advanced HF in tertiary care services. This suggests that patients’ conditions are persistently more severe, with recurrent episodes of pulmonary congestion or low cardiac output requiring frequent hospitalization. Multidisciplinary clinical support and optimized medical therapy are fundamental in the treatment of these patients. However, in refractory cases, bridge or destination therapies such as circulatory or ventricular assist devices (VADs) and heart […]