Highlights from the British Society for Heart Failure 20th Annual Autumn Meeting: three decades of heart failure

Abstract

The 20th Annual Autumn Meeting of the British Society for Heart Failure took place on the 23-24 November 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK. Over 800 delegates were in attendance: a multidisciplinary league of professionals who treat patients with heart failure, including specialist nurses, trainees, cardiologists, geriatricians, pharmacists and general practitioners. The theme of the conference was 'three decades of heart failure' and celebrated the success of modern heart failure management. This report highlights the 'three decades' session, the clinical trials update, and the main discussion points from heart failure question time.

Keywords: British Society for Heart Failure; HeFPEF; HrFREF; atrial fibrillation; clinical trials; heart failure; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; sacubitril–valsartan.