The Middle East Heart Failure Conference (MEHFC) 2027 brings the region's cardiology community together with leading international voices in heart failure at Raffles Dubai — the pyramid landmark in the Wafi district, about 10 minutes from Dubai International Airport — on 15–17 January 2027.
Chaired by Dr. Feras Bader, MD, MS, MBA (Oxford), Chairman of the Middle East Heart Academy and Clinical Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, the meeting offers state-of-the-art lectures, educational courses and symposia delivered by internationally recognised leaders in advanced heart failure and transplantation. Organisers describe more than 80 faculty and committee members and participation from over 20 countries.
The scientific programme spans the entire heart failure journey — prevention, epidemiology and translational science through diagnosis, guideline-directed medical therapy, device therapy and transplantation — pairing regional insight with global best practice. Indicative themes include:
- Acute and chronic heart failure management and real-world GDMT optimisation
- Cardiac imaging and diagnostics: echocardiography, biomarkers and multimodality assessment
- Cardio-renal and cardio-metabolic care across specialties
- Devices, remote monitoring and digital heart failure care
- HFpEF and multidisciplinary, nursing-led care models
The detailed programme, session times and invited faculty will be published closer to the event (programme topics expected 15 November 2026; invited faculty 5 December 2026).
Call for abstracts
Oral and poster abstracts are invited across biomarkers and neurohormones, cardiovascular pharmacology, imaging, interventions, electrophysiology and arrhythmias, epidemiology and prevention, adherence, quality of care and outcomes, surgery, transplantation and devices, case reports, and regional and international registries. Abstracts are limited to 300 words (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions; no tables). Deadline: 31 October 2026; author notifications 15 November 2026.
Key dates
Abstract submission opened 5 August 2026 · Session proposal deadline 30 September 2026 · Abstract deadline 31 October 2026 · Early-bird registration 15 December 2026 · Standard registration from 16 December 2026 · CME details announced 5 January 2027.
Who should attend: cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, internists, emergency physicians, general practitioners, researchers, epidemiologists, public-health professionals, cardiology and internal-medicine trainees, medical students, pharmacists and nurses.
Registration fees and the accrediting body have not yet been published. Sponsorship and exhibition packages are in preparation (partnerships@meetingmindsdubai.com).
