Mo., 10. November 2025

American Heart Association (AHA) Congress 2025

8th of November 2025: The results of the CLOSURE-AF-DZHK16 and OCEAN trial were presented during the Late-Breaking Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association (AHA). The presentations provided valuable insights and exciting new findings.

AFNET is pleased to have supported these important studies and warmly thanks all contributors and partners for their outstanding collaboration and dedication.

Wed., 29. October 2025

ESC Congress 2025

Three days of concentrated research: From August 29th to September 1st 2025 AFNET presented itself at the international ESC Congress in Madrid.

Besides internal study meetings, the focus was on exciting presentations in which the latest results from the EAST-AFNET4 and NOAH-AFNET6 studies were presented.

We were delighted to see familiar faces again, meet international researchers on site and follow their exciting presentations.

A big thank you goes to our colleagues at EHRA for a thoroughly successful event.

Wed., 29. October 2025

DGK Heart Days 2025

This year marked a milestone for AFNET — our very first booth at the DGK Heart Days in Hamburg.

Many visitors took the opportunity to find out about our current projects and talk to us.

There were opportunities for exchange at study meetings for our MAESTRIA-AFNET 10 and EASThigh-AFNET 11 projects.

Special thanks also go to the DGK organization team for a thoroughly successful event.

Do., 7. August 2025

AFNET at the DGK Heart Days in Hamburg

This year, for the first time, we will also have our own stand at the DGK Heart Days – you will find us in Hall H, Booth 41 (directly next to staircase 23).

Come visit us and stop by for a chat – we look forward to seeing you!

The following meetings will take place during the DGK Heart Days:

AFNET – Meeting: EASThigh Investigator meeting
Date & Time: September 26th, 2025; 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Raum 5, Congress Center Hamburg, Congressplatz 1, DE-20355 Hamburg

AFNET – Meeting: MAESTRIA Investigator meeting
Date & Time: September 26th, 2025; 04:30 – 06:00 p.m.
Location: Raum 5, Congress Center Hamburg, Congressplatz 1, DE-20355 Hamburg

Di, 15.07.2025

AFNET MAESTRIA Talk with Prof. Goette and Prof. Hatem

In this video Prof Goette, from the St. Vincenz Hospital in Paderborn, and Prof. Hatem, from the Sorbonne University in Paris, have a fascinating talk about the MAESTRIA study.

Di, 15.07.2025

AFNET – Meetings at the ESC Congress in Madrid

At this year’s ESC Congress from August 29 to September 1, 2025, in Madrid, one AFNET meeting will take place:

AFNET – Meeting: EASThigh Investigator meeting
Date & Time: August 30th, 2025; 08:00 – 09:30 a.m.
Location: ESC Meeting Room 5 (IFEMA MADRID Centro de Conventiones Sur – Level 1, IFEMA Madrid, Avenida del Partenón, Madrid, Espagne)

AFNET members are also present at the ESC with several scientific presentations and sessions. An overview of the presentations can be found here:

Late-Breaking Clinical Science: atrial fibrillation screening and management
Presentation: EAST-AFNET4 – Atrial fibrillation burden on early rhythm-control and cardiovascular events in the EAST-AFNET 4 AF trial
Date and Time: September 1st, 2025; 03:15 p.m. – 04:15 p.m.
Location: Paris, Hall 4 (IFEMA MADRID Centro de Conventiones Sur – Level 1, IFEMA Madrid, Avenida del Partenón, Madrid, Espagne)

Late-Breaking Clinical Science: stroke prevention
Presentation: NOAH-AFNET 6 – Effects of anticoagulation or placebo in patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation and multiple stroke risk factors: A win ratio and win odds analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial
Date and Time: September 1st, 2025; 01:45 p.m. – 03:00 p.m.
Location: Budapest, Hall 10 (IFEMA MADRID Centro de Conventiones Sur – Level 1, IFEMA Madrid

New S3 guidelines on atrial fibrillation

Experts discuss the new S3 guidelines on atrial fibrillation in a webinar.

At the DGK annual conference, Prof Christian Meyer (Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf) held a webinar with Prof Stephan Willems (Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg) and Prof Lars Eckardt (Münster University Hospital) on the AWMF guidelines on atrial fibrillation. Prof Willems and Prof Eckardt are the coordinators of the first S3 guidelines on atrial fibrillation and also members of the AFNET board respectively the steering committee.

See the webinar

Aftermovie of the 10th AFNET EHRA Consensus Conference

From May 5–7, 2025, the 10th AFNET EHRA Consensus Conference took place in Gressy, France.
We captured the inspiring atmosphere and some voices of the participants, bringing them together in this aftermovie. A heartfelt thank you to everyone whose ideas and dedication made this event a true success!

Fri, 16.05.2025

AFNET Lecture Award – Lecture by Prof John Camm – DGK Annual Conference 2025

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.

German Cardiac Society 2025 Mannheim Camm FinalHerunterladen

Impressions of the 10th AFNET EHRA Consensus Conference

From May 5 to 7, 2025, the 10th AFNET EHRA Consensus Conference took place in Gressy, France. Below are some impressions of the presentations, breakout sessions and the program around it:

Further reports will follow shortly.