Introduction Patients with heart failure (HF) refractory to guideline-directed medical therapy should be considered for advanced therapies, such as heart transplantation (HT), ventricular assist devices, or even palliative care in cases where these procedures are contraindicated or unavailable. In this scenario, HT is the standard treatment. Brazil has shown a significant increase in the number of transplants in recent years, but this number is still not compatible with the number of patients who require this treatment. Furthermore, most transplants are […]