Heart Failure
Essential resources for heart failure professionals
Improving Lives Across the Heart Failure Spectrum
An essential guide to our heart failure resources
Despite significant advancements in care, heart failure remains a complex and multifaceted challenge for patients and healthcare professionals alike.
As a chronic, progressive condition, it demands ongoing vigilance, timely diagnosis and tailored management strategies across the entire spectrum of care.
Across the ESC community, we are committed to improving the lives of people with heart failure by advancing knowledge, strengthening clinical practice and supporting innovation. Our work spans heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and right ventricular dysfunction, ensuring that professionals have the guidance and tools they need to deliver the best possible outcomes.
ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines
Our guidelines help you weigh up the risks and benefits in your decision making
2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of myocarditis and pericarditis
These guidelines introduce a comprehensive, patient-oriented framework for the diagnosis and management of IMPS, spanning the full disease spectrum.
2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease
This clinical consensus statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease highlights the multidirectional relationship between mental health, cardiovascular health and cardiovascular disease and its impact on cardiovascular risk and prognosis.
2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
Since the publication of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, there have been several randomised controlled trials that should change patient management ahead of the next scheduled full guideline.
Heart Failure 2026
Evolution in Heart Failure
Join the Heart failure Community in Barcelona from 9 to 12 May 2026.
Expect a programme designed for action: breakthrough therapies, novel devices, and digital health solutions that redefine patient outcomes.
Educational resources
Discover a wealth of vital educational resources
From essential curricula and robust certification programmes, dynamic online education programmes and events there is something for all career stages.
Bench to Bedside
The ESC Bench to Bedside webinar series spotlights late-breaking clinical trials and examines the evidence set to revolutionise clinical practice and shape future guidelines.
FOCUS on Heart Failure
Curated resources - journals, webinars and presentations - on the topic of heart failure.
HF Specialist Medical Curricula
Blueprints for training across Europe.
ESC eLearning
ESC eLearning is your go-to destination for flexible courses, letting you study at your own pace while you earn CME Credits. With a wide range of on-demand modules, you can build on your knowledge, anytime, anywhere. We know you're busy, so we've made it simple to develop your knowledge across three levels: Core Cardiology, Subspecialty and Expert.
Communities
Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA)
We're committed to enhancing the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of cardiovascular disease, leveraging cutting-edge advancements.
By joining us, you'll contribute directly to improving lives through the power of collective expertise.
Not a member yet?
Joining the Heart Failure Association (HFA) offers numerous benefits for healthcare professionals specialising in heart failure.
You can enjoy:
Upcoming Webinars
Experts insights keeping clinicians up-to-date and informed
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Online Learning
Heart failure courses for all levels
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Podcasts
Expert interviews and discussion on heart failure topics
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Our Volunteers
Meet the Experts
Our community thrives thanks to the dedication of our volunteers, whose passion and expertise drive progress in the complex world of heart failure.
Professor Piotr Ponikowski
Editor-in-Chief of ESC Heart Failure
Professor Wilfried Mullens
HFA President-Elect
Doctor Brenda Moura
HFA Acting Past-President & Heart Failure 2026 Scientific Programme Co-Chairperson
Professor Marco Metra
President of the HFA
Professor Michael Boehm
Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Heart Failure
Doctor Antonio Bayes Genis
Heart Failure 2026 Scientific Programme Chairperson