Projects Facts

AF-B-STEP in a nutshell

  • Full project title
    Quantifying Atrial Fibrillation Burden to inform Screening, Treatment, and hEalth Policy
  • Start date
    January 2026
  • Duration
    4 years
  • EC funding
    8.15 million €
  • Industry funding
    9.56 million €
  • Project coordinator
    Prof. Paulus Kirchhof (UKE)
  • Project leader
    Dr. Mirko de Melis (Medtronic)
  • Project manager
    Dr. Christiana Krammer (concentris)
  • Number of work packages
    9
  • IHI information
    Project fact sheet

The AF-B-STEP consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in February 2026.