Submit Your Science to THT® 2027!
Transform the Future of Heart Failure Treatment
Submit your groundbreaking science for an opportunity to present on a global stage and earn a place among the prestigious faculty. Connect with a world-class network of experts, showcase your work alongside the brightest minds, and drive the future of heart failure care!
Submission Deadlines
Scientific | Fellows | Fellows | Shock | Late-Breaking Clinical Trials & | THT® Shark Tank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early |
Oct 1, 2026 |
Oct 1, 2026 |
Oct 1, 2026 | —Not applicable | —Not applicable | —Not applicable |
Regular | Monday | Monday | Monday | Monday | Tuesday | Tuesday |
Submission portal closes at 2:00 PM Eastern Time.
For the October 1 early notification deadline, the time is EDT (UTC -4).
For the regular deadlines, the time is EST (UTC -5).
Scientific Abstracts
Submit your scientific abstracts of original research for the opportunity to present to thousands of your colleagues worldwide. Research can be in the form of clinical studies, basic science investigations, or preclinical studies and must be relevant to heart failure. Your abstracts must convey original research but can include portions of previous abstracts and/or manuscripts presented elsewhere. The top scored scientific abstracts will be published in JACC: Heart Failure.
Note About Submission Categories
Submit single-patient case reports to Challenging Cases, regardless of the novelty of the case.
Submission Guidelines
- Grammar check: Please ensure that your abstract submission undergoes thorough grammatical review.
- Correct upload: Verify that all study information, including tables and images, is correctly uploaded and displayed on the submission site.
- Character limit: 2,200, including spaces (approximately 300-350 words). Each image reduces your character limit by 600. Each table reduces your character limit by 300.
Early-career physicians encouraged!
Notification
Accepted presenters will be notified in December.
Fellows Challenging Cases
Submit your most challenging cases in heart failure. The THT directors will carefully review each submitted case, and the best will be selected for presentation. Top cases will be featured in TCTMD®.
Eligibility
All current fellows (cardiology, heart failure, surgery, intensive care, etc.), interns, residents, medical students, and other professionals in other stages of training at the time of THT are welcome to submit challenging heart failure management cases.
Submission Guidelines
- Submission Format: Enter the relevant information on the CRF submission platform, as prompted. A PowerPoint slide presentation is optional.
- Character Limit: 2,450 total, including case summary, history, diagnostic tests, procedure, conclusion, and comments. Each image reduces your character limit by 600. Each table reduces your character limit by 300.
- Images: 10 MB maximum.
- Video formats: 30 MB mpeg, wmv, avi, mov, mpg, mp4.
Notification
Accepted presenters will be notified in December.
Fellows Abstract Competition
Submit clinical studies, basic science investigations, or preclinical studies relevant to some aspect of heart failure, including diagnosis, therapy, or monitoring. Case reports or case series may be submitted for consideration under Fellows Challenging Cases. Competition winner will be announced in the Main Arena!
Eligibility
All current fellows (cardiology, heart failure, surgery, intensive care, etc.), interns, residents, medical students, and other professionals in other stages of training at the time of THT are welcome to submit abstracts. The author submitting the abstract should have contributed substantially to the study, and this will be a major part of the grading.
Selection and Presentation
- The five highest-rated submissions will be named as finalists.
- Finalists will deliver an oral presentation during a dedicated fellows research session.
- The five finalist presentations will be evaluated by an expert panel that will select the winning abstract.
- Finalist will be interviewed and featured on TCTMD®.
Submission Guidelines
- Grammar check: Please ensure that your abstract submission undergoes thorough grammatical review.
- Correct upload: Verify that all study information, including tables and images, is correctly uploaded and displayed on the submission site.
- Character limit: 2,200, including spaces (approximately 300-350 words). Each image reduces your character limit by 600. Each table reduces your character limit by 300.
Notification
Accepted presenters will be notified in December.
Shock Tank
Submit your novel ideas for clinical study designs or registry studies to meaningfully advance the care of patients presenting with cardiogenic shock (due to acute myocardial infarction, decompensated chronic heart failure, or other causes).
Submission Guidelines
- Submission Format: Submissions must include study hypothesis, enrollment criteria, primary and key secondary endpoints, and estimated sample size. PowerPoint file is optional.
- Grammar check: Please ensure that your abstract submission undergoes thorough grammatical review.
- Correct upload: Verify that all study information, including tables and images, is correctly uploaded and displayed on the submission site.
- Character limit: 2,200, including spaces (approximately 300-350 words). Each image reduces your character limit by 600. Each table reduces your character limit by 300.
Notification
Accepted presenters will be notified in December.
Late-Breaking Clinical Science / First-In-Human and Early Feasibility Studies
Submit your late-breaking clinical science and first-in-human early feasibility studies. These are typically:
- Primary or important secondary endpoint results of prospective, randomized clinical trials
- First-time presentations of first-in-human experiences with novel devices or drugs
- Results of pilot studies of drugs or novel devices
- Large-scale, impactful single/multicenter registries
Please note that the following rarely qualify as late-breaking clinical science submissions and, instead, should be submitted as abstracts: preclinical studies, early first-in-human device studies, and meta-analyses.
Embargo
Accepted late-breaking science and first-in-human early feasibility studies are strictly embargoed until time of presentation.
Submission Guidelines
-
Total character limit: 3,250, including spaces. Each image reduces your character limit by 600. Each table reduces your character limit by 300. Character limits on each component of your submission are as follows:
- Primary endpoints: 550-character limit
- Secondary endpoints: 550-character limit
- Funding sources: 500 character limit
- File format: .png or .jpg files only
Notification
Accepted presenters will be notified in December
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are the presenting author of an accepted Scientific Abstract or Challenging Case, you are required to register for the meeting.
To reset your Call for Science password, please log in and select the FORGOT PASSWORD option.
Yes, entries must be original research but may include portions of abstracts and/or manuscripts presented elsewhere.
Yes, you can make changes to your submission at any time before the submission deadline.
This conference is exclusively an in-person event, and virtual participation is not offered.
Please note that only one Call for Science email account should be used. Kindly refrain from using or creating multiple accounts.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept submissions after the final submission deadline has elapsed.
Please log in to manage your submission. You can add authors or update information within the authors' profiles by visiting your submission and selecting the AUTHORS tab. To designate a new presenter or author, simply check the PRESENTER box next to the respective name.
To update your profile, go to the TCTMD® profile page and follow the prompts.