Once again, four young scientists were honored with the AFNET-sponsored “DGK AFNET Young Investigator Award” for their current research on atrial fibrillation. AFNET Board Member and this year’s DGK Conference President Prof. Dr. Stephan Willems congratulated the award recipients during the award ceremony on April 10, 2026 at the DGK Annual Congress.
As part of the “23 Years of AFNET” session, Prof. Steinbeck presented the AFNET Lecture titled “EP Studies Revisited.” For his long-standing commitment, he received this year’s DGK-AFNET Lecture Award, which was presented for the third time. Prof. Sinner presented the results of the 10th AFNET-EHRA Consensus Conference.
Once again AFNET was present at the 2026 DGK Annual Meeting with a wide range of presentations and events.
At the EHRA 2026 Congress in Paris on 13 April 2026, Prof. Dr. Andreas Götte presented the results of “Kidney disease increases the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation: NOAH-AFNET 6.”
The ESC Congress 2026 will take place from August 29 to September 1, 2026, in Munich, Germany, at the International Congress Center Munich (ICM).
The ESC Congress 2026 will take place from August 29 to September 1, 2026, in Munich, Germany, at the International Congress Center Munich (ICM).
Unter der Schirmherrschaft von AFNET und DGK findet am 27. Mai 2026 der SKY AF Summit (Frankfurt am Main & online) statt – eine internationale wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung mit einem facettenreichen Programm.
Im Fokus stehen die jüngsten Fortschritte im Verständnis und in der Behandlung des Vorhofflimmerns.
A prespecified analysis of the NOAH – AFNET 6 trial investigated the impact of kidney function on cardiovascular outcome in patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation. Today, the findings were presented by AFNET board member Prof. Andreas Goette, St. Vincenz Hospital, Paderborn, Germany, at the annual congress of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) in Paris and published in the EP Europace journal (1,2).
Can smartphones play a decisive role in advancing personalized cardiology? In the interview series “Digital Impulses,” Larissa Fabritz from the University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg discusses the possibilities of early cardiological detection using smartphones.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects millions of people worldwide – yet the condition is rarely quantified upon diagnosis. The international research project AF-B-STEP aims to change this: for the first time, it will systematically assess how much time individuals spend in AF, expressed as their AF burden, and determine the extent to which the AF burden influences the risk of stroke, heart failure and other aspects of patients´ lives.
