Call for Scientific Abstracts – Fetal Cardiology Symposium 2026



Submit your original research or clinical work for the opportunity to present at the Symposium, be featured in the poster session, and compete for Best Abstract recognition.

Symposium registrants are invited to submit scientific abstracts depicting original research or clinical practice relevant to the field of fetal cardiology. Outstanding abstracts describing basic scientific research and clinical studies on fetal cardiovascular development, diagnoses and/or treatment of fetal cardiovascular abnormalities, and other perinatal cardiology topics will be selected for oral presentation at the Symposium. The Organizing Committee will consider research presented at other scientific meetings.

Written abstracts should be submitted in English and must be limited to 300 words. Abstracts should include the following elements: title; last name, first name, and degree of each author; institution where the research was performed (include city and state or country); background/hypothesis, materials and methods, results (include statistics if appropriate), and conclusions. Title should be in upper case, define the topic, and not contain abbreviations. Generic names for pharmaceuticals, biologic and medical devices should be used in place of trade names. Tables and figures will be accepted as images and should be numbered and titled/described clearly. Submit the abstract as an attachment to fetalcardio@phoenixchildrens.com with the subject line “Abstract Submission” to alert Nikki Dillon, Symposium Coordinator, of your submission. Deadline for written abstract submission is Friday, August 7, 2026.

Authors will be notified by email no later than Friday, September 4, 2026, as to the acceptance status of the abstract. Oral abstract presentations will take place during the General Session in the main ballroom on Friday and Saturday, November 6-7, 2026.  Presenters will receive notification of the date and time of their presentation by email. If your case is accepted for oral presentation, please bring your presentation on laptop or thumb drive. Presenters should bring their laptop or thumb drive to the AV table at the back of the main ballroom no later than the break prior to the scheduled presentation time.

There will also be a poster abstract session in the afternoon, Saturday, November 7, 2026. This will include all accepted abstracts, including those selected and those not selected for oral presentation, to highlight the excellent fetal cardiology research. Past Symposium’s accepted abstracts were published in a peer reviewed journal, and we plan to publish accepted abstracts again this year with each individual author’s permission.

A $100 registration discount will be given to one author of each accepted abstract.  A discount code for use at the time of registration will be provided upon acceptance. 

The winner of the 2026 Symposium Best Abstract presentation will be announced on the last day of the Symposium and acknowledged in the published abstract collection!