HFA Fundamentals +
The programme offers three engaging video formats:
- How to: Step-by-step guidance on essential procedures and techniques, presented by an expert and an HFA Young member.
- The great debate: Two experts discuss controversial topics in heart failure, helping you understand the evidence behind different viewpoints.
- Clinical case: Real-world clinical cases reviewed with an expert to explore practical decision-making.
New content will be released throughout the 2026 year in structured packs of five videos, ensuring continuous, high‑quality educational support accessible anytime on ESC 365.
Get a taste of each video type
How to: interpret a Right Heart Cath
in collaboration with ACVC
Visually reading waveforms from right atrium through pulmonary artery wedge pressure — and how to recognize the artefacts that can lead to misinterpretation
Great Debate: Revascularisation in heart failure. To do or not to do ?
Coronary revascularisation in ischaemic heart failure — symptom relief is clear, but long-term survival benefits? That's where the debate begins.
Clinical case: Ventricular arrhythmias in heart failure
in collaboration with EHRA
Ventricular or supraventricular tachycardia — a practical guide from acute management to secondary prevention and optimization of underlying heart failure therapy.
Phenotyping Heart Failure
This pack guides learners through core diagnostic approaches—endomyocardial biopsy, cardiac MRI interpretation, ICD decision pathways, and kidney involvement in HF.
How to perform endomyocardial biopsy
Prof. Ristic and Dr. Lindberg cut through the complexity of endomyocardial biopsy — from when to reach for it, to how to perform it safely and build real-world expertise.
How to read a cardiac MRI (part 1)
in collaboration with EACVI
Prof. Manka and Dr. Sokolska demystify CMR in heart failure — from tissue characterisation and fibrosis assessment to imaging tricky patients with arrhythmias, CIEDs, and renal disease.
How to read a cardiac MRI (part 2)
in collaboration with EACVI
Dr. Margineanu and Prof. Westwood break down how cardiac MRI can transform heart failure evaluation — and how to adapt your approach to get the most from every scan.
Great debate - ICD in heart failure. Is it for all?
Prof. Kober and Dr. Witte challenge the one-size-fits-all approach to ICD therapy – examining how GDMT, ischaemic vs. non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, age, and comorbidities shift the case for device implantation.
Clinical case – The kidney in heart failure. Friend or foe?
Prof. Mullens and Asst. Prof. ter Maaten cut through the complexity of kidney function in heart failure – from CKD interaction to guideline-directed medical therapy in the most challenging patients.
The HFA Fundamentals + episodes is supported by Boehringer Ingelheim in the form of an independent support grant. The scientific programme has not been influenced in any way by its sponsors
