Beiträge Aktuelles Di, 10.06.2025 EAST-AFNET 4 Manuscript We are pleased to inform you that the manuscript entitled ‘Impact of diabetes mellitus and obesity on treatment effect of early rhythm control: EAST-AFNET4’ has been accepted for publication in ‘JAMA Cardiology’. Many thanks to all authors and co-authors.
Prof Camm was honoured with the AFNET Lecture Award at the AFNET general meeting during the DGK 2025 annual conference in Mannheim. In this document you can see his lecture at the award ceremony.
The MAESTRIA Consortium, which consists of 18 partners from different European countries, met for the 3rd time on 8 and 9 May to discuss the progress of the EU-funded MAESTRIA project.
Prof. Dr. med. Götz Thomalla (UKE) and Dr. med. Märit Jensen (UKE) have recorded a video on the new EAST-STROKE trial in layman’s terms.
The EAST-STROKE (‘Early treatment of Atrial fibrillation for Stroke prevention Trial in acute STROKE’) trial is led by scientist from the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and investigates whether early rhythm-control treatment can effectively and safely prevent strokes. The project is funded by the EU as part of ‘Horizon Europe’. AFNET is partner for dissemination and exploitation.
On behalf of all our members, we would like to congratulate our AFNET founding member Prof Dr Meinertz on his 80th birthday! 🎈
We wish them all the best and good health for the coming years. Thank you very much for your great commitment and tireless dedication to AFNET!
AFNET associated events:
30th of August 2024, 10:27 am (CEST/German time) / 9:27 am (BST/British time): “Prague”, Adjunct pharmacology in PCI: beyond antiplatelet therapy, the next chapter – discussion (Renate Schnabel)
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Prof Camm was honoured with the AFNET Lecture Award at the AFNET general meeting during the DGK 2025 annual conference in Mannheim. In this document you can see his lecture at the award ceremony.
16th of May 2024, 7:00 pm (CEST/German time) / 1:00 pm (EASTERN/Boston time): “160 – BCEC “, Cost Benefit Analysis: Where Does Remote Monitoring Land? (Thorsten Lewalter)
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17th of May 2024, 10:30 am (CEST/German time) / 4:30 pm (EASTERN/Boston time): “PO-01-190”, The Role Meta-analysis of RNAseq Data from Two Large Atrial Tissue Banks Identifies More than 8000 Transcripts Associated with AF and Suggests a Prominent Role for Mitochondrial Processes and Energy Metabolism: the CATCH ME and RACE V Consortia (various speakers)
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