Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology as a New Subspecialty in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities Based on a Brazilian Survey Study
1 Caxias do Sul University, Caxias do Sul, Brazil; Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2 Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Heart Transplant Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
3 Hospital de Messejana Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes, Fortaleza, Brazil.
4 Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas - Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
5 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
6 Graduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Heart Transplant Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: lgoldraich@hcpa.edu.br.