Device-based therapies continue to play an increasingly important role in heart failure care, but understanding how and when to use them in practice remains complex.
The HFSA Devices Meeting is designed to close that gap, focusing not just on what exists, but how these therapies are applied in real-world clinical settings to improve patient outcomes.
Why Attend?
- Focused, device-specific education
- Real-world use of device-based therapies
- Direct engagement with experts and industry
Choose Your Experience
Devices Meeting
- Patient selection and optimal timing for device-based interventions
- Cutting-edge decongestion strategies
- Integrating devices into care pathways
- Use of diagnostic tools, including RHC and exercise testing
ASM
- Best for expanding your perspective across the full heart failure landscape.
- Latest research and guideline updates
- Multidisciplinary approaches to care
- Broader clinical context for device integration
Both
The most complete experience comes from attending both - gain the depth to apply device therapies at the Devices Meeting and the breadth to integrate them into comprehensive HF care at ASM.
Register for both and save $100!
What You’ll Experience
A full day of focused, practical programming designed to help you translate device-based therapies into real-world care.
- Case-based lectures on key topics, including: the current state of devices in heart failure, novel devices entering testing, cutting-edge decongestion strategies, the critical role of diuretics and hemodynamics in cardiology.
- Special discussion forum on clinical decision-making: When to use RHC and exercise testing, Making a choice: CCM or Barostim, and Choosing the remote monitoring tool
- Exposure to device technologies and real-world scenarios
- Networking with peers and industry
- Dedicated time to engage with device companies
- The return of the popular Heart Tank and Trial Tinder competitive sessions for device companies in trials
What You'll Learn
This full day event will explore device innovation and real-world clinical application through panel discussions, expert lectures, a discussion forum, equipment demonstrations, an exhibit hall featuring device vendors, and time to network with others interested in HF device-based therapies.
Clinical Learning
- Patient selection and optimal timing for device-based interventions
- Cutting-edge decongestion strategies
- Integrating devices into care pathways
- Use of diagnostic tools, including RHC and exercise testing
Practical Application
- Building device and remote monitoring programs
- Integrating device-based care into clinical workflows
- Managing complications and long-term care
Expert Perspectives & Debate
- Spirited debates on: Are we moving too fast or too slow toward pumps? and When is it time to trigger device-based therapy?
- Intriguing sessions from device companies seeking sites for clinical trials and another spotlighting those with established trials in progress
- Opportunities to meet and engage with device companies during dedicated exhibit hours
You may attend the one-day HFSA Devices Meeting on its own, as part of your ASM experience.
- The HFSA Devices Meeting is not automatically included with ASM registration.
- Attend both and receive a $100 discount!
Pricing for the HFSA Devices Meeting:
Trainee: $200
Member: $375
Non-Member: $500
The registration system will automatically deduct $100 from your total ASM registration fee during checkout; no code or further action is needed.
Already registered for ASM?
To add the HFSA Devices Meeting, access your registration dashboard using the link in your confirmation email. Under Registration, select Events and choose the HFSA Devices Meeting add-on. Your $100 bundle discount will be applied automatically at checkout.
Exhibit
Plan to attend and support this program by exhibiting and / or purchasing a branded sponsorship opportunity. The device meeting will be held on the 2nd level of the Phoenix Convention Center (PCC). Review the 2nd level branded sponsorship opportunities. 2025 had over 400 registered attendees and 40+ exhibitors Registration reached capacity early, showing high interest in devices in heart failure.
To apply for exhibiting or to receive more information, please visit the Exhibitor Prospectus.
Exhibitor Hours (subject to change):
Friday, October 9, 2026
Morning Break 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Lunch Break 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
Afternoon Break 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM
Closing Reception 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Exhibitors will be invited to submit applications to present clinical trials (preferably focused on novel technologies) for consideration to be included in the HFSA Devices in Heart Failure Meeting. There will be two sessions focused on trials: Trial Tinder and Heart Tank – The Future in the Making.
List of exhibitors coming soon!
Attendees can visit with exhibitors during the following times*:
Friday, October 9, 2026
Morning Break 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Lunch Break 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
Afternoon Break 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM
Closing Reception 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM