🎥First insight into 𝗪𝗣𝟲 - 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗔𝗙𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘆 #𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 speaks with 𝗣𝗗 𝗗𝗿. 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, about the goals of WP6, led by 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴-𝗘𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗳 - 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 & 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 together with 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸. 👉 Full video: youtu.be/vnRiTcnl7r0

🎥First insights into 𝗪𝗣𝟱 - 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 #𝗔𝗙𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 talks with 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹 about the objectives of WP5, led by University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg together with Acesion. 👉 Full #AFBSTEP video: youtu.be/xeX4t2D1Tjo

🎥 𝗪𝗣𝟰: 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗙 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗨𝗞𝗘 - 𝗜𝗠𝗕𝗘 leads WP4 together with @novartis.bsky.social. Prof. Zapf, Dr. Heinrich, and Dr. Sehner discuss with Prof. Steven the statistical challenges and opportunities of understanding #AFburden. 👉 youtu.be/4gW1cgINZYs

🎥 𝗪𝗣𝟮 – 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗿. 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹 (𝗨𝗞𝗘, 𝗪𝗣𝟮 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱) speaks about integrating diverse AF datasets across #AFBSTEP: centralized data management, prospective studies & building the largest, highly-integrated AF dataset. 👉 Full interview: youtu.be/ZZ2GogF4cRM #AFburden #DataScience

🎥Insights from 𝗪𝗣𝟯 - 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗙 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 @maastrichtu.bsky.social speaks with Prof. Steven about the challenges of accurately characterising AF burden across diverse patient populations and monitoring technologies. 👉 Full interview: youtu.be/oN7j6EqUfdY #AFBSTEP #AFburden

🎥 𝗪𝗣𝟭 - 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 AFNET leads WP1 together with @escardio.bsky.social. Prof. Daniel Steven shares WP1 goals: high-impact, evidence-based dissemination to reach stakeholder and the public. 👉 Full interview: youtu.be/9TYgdqvj50c @concentris.bsky.social @ninadonner.bsky.social

🔍 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴! We are looking for a highly motivated 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 to join our multidisciplinary team at the National Heart & Lung Institute, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social 👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-... Please share this opportunity. @drfusiongng.bsky.social

🎉 We’re pleased to share that our CardioPulse article about the AF-B-STEP project has just been published in the European Heart Journal! academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad... #AFBSTEP #AFBurden #AtrialFibrillation #Cardiology #DigitalHealth #EuropeanHeartJournal @ihieurope.bsky.social

AF-B-STEP: a global collaboration to reduce the burden of atrial fibrillation and advance its quantification and treatment

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia worldwide, increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, and impairs patient liv

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🎥 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 @ihieurope.bsky.social 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱, Scientific Project Officer at IHI, spoke with Daniel Steven about the importance of the #AFBSTEP project for AF research and patient care, and explained his role. 👉 Watch the full interview on YouTube: youtu.be/a1XjRFhJGms #AFBurden

🎥 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 (EAB) The EAB, comprising J. Camm, J. Piccini, and S. Gilbert, guiding AF-B-STEP on all ethics matters to ensure the highest scientific standards and the best outcomes for patients. 👉 Full interview on YouTube: youtu.be/49T_rKnX5yc

We sat down with 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 Prof. Paulus Kirchhof about the vision, the ambition — and the challenges — behind the AF-B-STEP project. 👉 Watch the full interview on YouTube: youtu.be/dd9duRHisRk #AFBSTEP #AFBurden #AFib #EUresearch #IHI

🚀 Big news: The full #AFBSTEP website is now live! 🌐 Discover our research, consortium, project goals, patient information, news, events & more — all in one place. A big step toward making our work more accessible to the wider community. 👉 Check out here: afbstep.eu #AFBurden #Afib

⭐𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 - 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 As a leader in cardiac rhythm management, Medtronic brings valuable industrial & translational expertise to #AFBSTEP. 👉Learn more about contribution and role: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 👉Full interview with Project Lead Mirko de Melis: www.youtube.com/@AF-B-STEP

🚀 𝗔𝗙-𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 🎥 We are pleased to announce that the official #AFBSTEP YouTube channel is now available. The platform will feature content from the project, including expert interviews, insights, and additional formats. 👉 Subscribe: www.youtube.com/@AF-B-STEP #AFBurden #AFib #EUResearch

🫀Fast & irregular heart rhythms affect 1/3 of over-55s. ❤️‍🩹 It is diagnosed in a binary fashion - either you have it or you don't - ignoring the differences patients experience. @afbstep.bsky.social will quantify atrial fibrillation for more personalised care. #HorizonEU #HeartFailureAwarenessDays

📢 Read all about it! IHI's newsletter is now online! 👉 link.europa.eu/Y7tymh Discover: draft topic texts for call 13, #3Rs, #PROMs & PREMs in heart patients, #LiverScreening, the @afbstep.bsky.social project, #EarlyCareerResearchers & much more! #WeekendReading #IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU

Join the AF-B-STEP Team! 👇 The University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg is looking for: 🔍 PhD student: uke.jobs/index.php?ac... 🔍 Data Scientist / Scientist / Biostatistician: uke.jobs/index.php?ac... Closing Date: 11 May 2026 #AFBSTEP #AFBurden #AtrialFibrillation

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺! Passionate about #epidemiology & cardiovascular research? UKE Hamburg – IMBE is looking for a 🎓𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀) for the EU-funded 𝗔𝗙-𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. 👉 Apply now: www.uke.jobs/index.php?ac... #AFBSTEP #AFBurden #Epidemiology #EUresearch #academmicjobs

Great to be part of #EHRA2026 in #Paris! We presented 𝗔𝗙-𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣, an international project aiming to better understand and quantify #AFBurden and its impact on outcomes such as stroke, heart failure, and quality of life. Thanks to everyone who joined 🙏 #AFBSTEP #AtrialFibrillation #EUResearch #IHI

Attending #EHRA2026 in #Paris? Don’t miss “𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆: 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗨-𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆” 📅 Apr 14, 13:15–14:15 📍 Room 6 As part of this session, Prof. Kirchhof will present: “𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗙 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗙-𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁” Join the session.

⭐ 𝗔𝗙-𝗕-𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 University Medical Center Hamburg‑Eppendorf is a key partner in AF-B-STEP, bringing leading expertise to advance the quantification of #AFburden. More information about the contributing institutions and their role in #AFBSTEP 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🤝 Collaboration is key. AF-B-STEP unites 18 partners with one goal: redefining atrial fibrillation — from “yes” or “no” to what really matters. 👉 We will introduce our partners and highlight their role within the consortium— stay tuned. #AFBSTEP #AFib #AFBurden #Collaboration #EUResearch

Our AF-B-STEP Kick-Off Meeting last week was a great success, with valuable takeaways and a shared vision for the months ahead. A big thank you to all participants👏- excited for the next steps and continued collaboration! 🤝 #AFBSTEP #AFib #AFBurden #HeartHealth #HealthInnovation #EUResearch #IHI

Our AF-B-STEP Kick-Off Meeting last week was a great success, with valuable takeaways and a shared vision for the months ahead. A big thank you to all participants👏- excited for the next steps and continued collaboration! 🤝 #AFBSTEP #AFib #AFBurden #HeartHealth #HealthInnovation #EUResearch #IHI

A couple of them are already right here on Bluesky: @afbstep.bsky.social focuses on atrial fibrillation, while @access-ad.bsky.social is the latest addition to our dementia portfolio!

🚀 The first projects funded under our applicant-driven IHI call 9 are getting started now! 🎯 They address a broad range of challenges in health research and diverse disease areas, including Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and antimicrobial resistance. 👉 link.europa.eu/vTdVxh #HorizonEU

🫀 We've got a finger on the pulse of time 🩺 - 📣 excited about the attention AF-B-STEP received in the first 5 weeks 🥳. Over the next 4 years, 18 dedicated partners will do their best to deliver on the promised objectives and goals! Here are recent press releases & online coverage... #AFib #AFBurden

😊 Follow our Cardiology & Heart Health starter package! 🫀 (scientists, research projects, hospitals, university departments, journals, companies, organisations & patient groups) 👉 go.bsky.app/TxzoAP1 #AtrialFibrillation #AFib #AFBurden #cardiology #HeartHealth #HeartFailure #CardioSky #CardioNews

EHJ Open is accepting submissions for a special issue on mental health and cardiovascular disease. Original research, reviews & short communications welcome. Submit your work today: oxford.ly/4pjvLmx @escardio.bsky.social

💚 Join us from 23-25 April in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for #ESCPrev26! Experience cutting-edge science, practical insights and real connections with your community. Register now to benefit from early fees 👉 https://bit.ly/49tJh0Y #EAPC_ESC #prevention