Vision of the HFA
As the world's largest heart failure association, the Heart Failure Association of the ESC prioritises patient management and awareness of heart failure as a global health problem.
Who we are
Professor Marco Metra (IT), heads a board of heart failure specialists who manage and supervise the association's activities. The HFA comprises the board, committees, fellows, members and the young community.
What we do
- Congresses - Heart failure congresses, winter research meeting
- Membership - Four levels of benefits
- Advocacy - Patient website: heartfailurematters.org, Heart Failure Awareness Days, HFA Summit
- Research - Registries, journals, scientific papers
- Education - Online education, certification, guidelines, postgraduate courses, grants
Fast facts
- 12,000+ members (2023)
- 5,000+ attendees at Heart Failure 2023 congress
- 50 National Heart Failure Societies / working groups
- 40+ committees and study groups
- 25 countries participating in Heart Failure Awareness Days
- 2.5 million visitors on heartfailurematters.org
Our mission: To reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.