Scientific conferences and symposia

Scientific conferences and symposia

2022

05.11.-07.11.2022 Chicago, USA
Apixaban or vitamin K antagonists for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation on hemodialysis: Results of the randomized AXADIA-AFNET 8 trial
Presentation P. Kirchhof

Association of genetic risk and outcomes in patients with early rhythm control therapy in atrial fibrillation: Results from the EAST-AFNET4 trial
Presentation S. Kany

Annual Congress of the American Heart Association (AHA)

26.10.-29.10.2022 Singapore, SG
Early rhythm-control therapy for atrial fibrillation in patients with history of stroke in the EAST-AFNET4 trial.
Presentation M. Jensen, World Stroke Congress (WSC)

12.09.2022 Maastricht, The Netherlands
MAESTRIA Consortium Meeting

26.08.-29.08.2022, Barcelona, Spain
Predictors and mediators of improved outcomes on early rhythm control an analysis of the EAST AFNET - 4 data set.
Presentation L. Eckardt, Latest science in atrial fibrillation, ESC congress

03.04.-05.04.2022, Copenhagen, Denmark
Atrial fibrillation - News on ablation and sex differences.
Presentation I. van Gelder, Late breaking clinical trials II, EHRA congress

 

2021

27.10.2021
Digitales Pressegespräch von Bristol Myers Squibb/Pfizer und dem Kompetenznetz Vorhofflimmern e.V. (AFNET)
Presentation Bosch R., P. Kirchhof, Zink A.

12.10.-14.10.2021, Dorint Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Management of patients with AF: New therapies and special populations
8. AFNET/EHRA Konsensuskonferenz
Further information

27.08.-30.08.2021, Barcelona, Spain
Benefit of early rhythm control therapy in patients with asymptomatic AF - insights from EAST-AFNET 4
Presentation S. Willems, Late Breaking Science in Arrhythmias, ESC congress

28.07.-31.07.2021 Boston, USA
Early rhythm control therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure
Presentation A. Rillig

Early rhythm control for the treatment of atrial fibrillation
Presentation P. Kirchhof

Hot Topics: Practice changing trials in atrial fibrillation: EAST-AFNET 4 trial
Presentation P. Kirchhof

Annual Congress of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)

09.04.2021 Mannheim, Germany
Aggressive Behandlung von Vorhofflimmern in jeder klinischen Situation notwendig? (German only)
Scientific session, organized by AFNET, anual meeting of the DGK (German Cardiac Society) 2021

08.03.2021 Paris, France
MAESTRIA Kick-off Meeting

 

2020

27.08.-31.08.2020 Rome, Italy
ESC Congress
Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology
Meeting for NOAH, AXAFA and EAST Investigators

29.08.2020, Rome, Italy
EAST – AFNET 4: Effects of Early Rhythm Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Presentation P. Kirchhof, Hot line session, ESC congress

 

2019

29.04.-30.04.2019, Birmingham, UK
CATCH ME Colloquium
48M meeting "Minds to minds, Hearts to hearts"

25.04.2019, Mannheim, Germany
Atrial fibrillation, pulmonary embolism, heart failure - clinical research for our patients
Scientific session, organized by IFB and AFNET, anual meeting of the German Cardiac Society 2019
Programme

14.03.-16.03.2019, The Pestana Palace Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Management of patients with AF: New therapies and special populations
7. AFNET/EHRA Konsensuskonferenz
Further information

 

 

2018

27.08.2018, Munich, Germany
A glimpse of the future: CATCH-ME
Presentation L. Fabritz, Symposium "Current state and future developments in multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation care", ESC Congress

06.04.2018, Mannheim, Germany
Clinical Trials: Aktuelle Studienergebnisse zur prognostischen Bedeutung von Vorhofflimmern und modernen Antikoagulation (German only)
Scientific session, organized by IFB and AFNET, anual meeting of the DGK (German Cardiac Society) 2018
Programme

06.04.2018, Mannheim, Germany
Das AFNET-EORP Register für Vorhofflimmern
Presentation M. Näbauer, Scientific session "Aktuelle Registerdaten zum Vorhofflimmern", anual meeting of the DGK (German Cardiac Society) 2018

20.03.2018, Barcelona, Spain
Apixaban in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation (AXAFA - AFNET 5 trial)
Presentation P. Kirchhof, Late Breaking Trials Session, EHRA Congress

19.03.2018, Barcelona, Spain
Challenges and current insightsfor the management of atrial high rate episodes
AFNET/Daiichi Satellite Symposium
Programme

 

2017

19th June 2017, Vienna, Austria
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial tachyarrhythmias
AFNET/Daiichi Satellite Symposium
Programme

16th-18th March 2017, Münster, Germany
15th Dutch-German Joint Meeting of the Molecular Cardiology Groups
Further information

17th - 19th January 2017, European Heart House, Sophia Antipolis, France
Integrating new approaches to atrial fibrillation in an era of digital evolution
6th Joint AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference
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2016

27.08.-31.08.2016 Rome, Italy
ESC Congress
Annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology
Meeting for NOAH, AXAFA and EAST Investigators

29.08.2016
CATCH ME Symposium at the ESC Congress
Catch Me 2016: Team approaches to prevent and treat Atrial Fibrillation
Programme

10.06.2016 Nizza, France
Stroke and atrial arrhythmias: What we know and what we want to know
AFNET/Daiichi Satellite Symposium
Programme

01.04.2016 Mannheim, Germany
Looking back, moving onwards: 13 AFNET years.
Scientific Session of the AFNET during the anual meeting of the DGK (German Cardiac Society)
Programme

 

2015

13.-14.11.2015 Munich, Germany
The second Munich consensus conference on left atrial appendage closure therapy:
Defining contraindications for oral anticoagulation and indications for occluder implantation

International expert meeting

Organisation:
J Camm; London, UK
T Lewalter, Munich, Germany
A Tzikas, Thessaloniki, Greece

22.06.2015 Milan, Italy
Symposium "Atrial high rate episodes and stroke prevention – An update"
AFNET Symposium at EHRA EUROPACE / CARDIOSTIM congress, supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Daiichi Sankyo Europe
Further information

22.06.2015 Milan, Italy
AXAFA – AFNET 5 – European Investigator Meeting
Meeting for AXAFA investigators at EHRA EUROPACE / CARDIOSTIM congress
 

0.5.-07.03.2015  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
13th Dutch-German Joint Meeting of the Molecular Cardiology Working Groups
The Meeting was sponsored by AFNET
Further Information

22. - 23.01.2015, European Heart House, Sophia Antipolis, France
Understanding and eliminating inequalities and barriers that prevent optimal treatment of atrial fibrillation
5th Joint AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference
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2014

28.-29.08.2014  Munich, Germany
The Munich Conference on Endpoints and Definitions in Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Therapy
An international expert meeting
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2013

04.12.2013  Lugano, Switzerland
First European Conference for Standardization of Advanced ECG Analysis in Arrhythmia Diagnostics
The conference is endorsed by: Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Working group eCardiology of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Programme

23.06.2013  Athens, Greece
Improving Outcomes in AF patients in Europe:
10 years (German) Atrial Fibrillation Network (AFNET)
AFNET Symposium at EUROPACE Congress
Programme

28.02.-01.03.2013  Berlin, Germany
Vernetzte Forschung für den Herzrhythmus - 10 Jahre Kompetenznetz Vorhofflimmern
Ceremony and Symposium
Programme

24.-25.01.2013  Sophia Antipolis, France
Personalised Management of Atrial Fibrillation Patients – Connecting Pathophysiology and Clinical Experience with Outcomes
4th Joint AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference
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2011

28.06.2011  Madrid, Spain
Implementing Modern Management in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
Proceedings from the third AFNET/EHRA consensus conference
EHRA special session at EUROPACE Congress
Programme

 

2010

08.-09.11.2010  Sophia Antipolis, France
Stroke Prevention, Thromboembolic Risk Assessment, Modification of Risk Factors, and Rhythm Control to Reduce Cardiovascular Complications in Atrial Fibrillation
3rd Joint AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference
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2009

30.08.2009  Barcelona, Spain
The future of atrial fibrillation therapy: the 2nd AFNET/EHRA consensus conference
ESC Congress Symposium
Programme

 

2008

27.-28.10.2008  Sophia Antipolis, France
Research Perspectives for Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
2nd Joint AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference
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2007

08.10.2007  Venice, Italy
The German AF Network: work in progress
AFNET Symposium at Venice Arrhythmias
Programme

22.-23.01.2007  Sophia Antipolis, France
Endpoints for Trials in Atrial Fibrillation
1st AFNET/EHRA Consensus Confernce
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