The medical value of biomarkers in cardiovascular diseases management

cardiovascular diseases management event

Despite the treatments available for cardiovascular diseases, hospitalization and mortality rates remain high.

How to make a difference?

Learn how innovative biomarkers can be key to optimize cardiovascular disease management and improve patient outcomes and quality of life^1,2,3 by joining our scientific event "The medical value of biomarkers in cardiovascular disease management" on Wednesday, 23rd of October, 2019 from 6:00 to 10:00 PM at the Faculty Club in Leuven.

A request for accreditation has been submitted for this scientific event.

Date & Agenda

23rd of October, 2019, 18:00 to 22:00

18:00 - 18:30: Welcome & Drink

18:30 - 18:45: Introduction by the Chairman

Prof Stefan Janssens, MD, PhD (UZ Leuven, Cardiovascular Diseases Department)

18:45 - 19:30: "High-sensitive troponin T: challenges and opportunities"

Prof Pieter Vermeersch, MD, PhD - UZ Leuven, Laboratory Medicine

19:30 - 20:15: "The implementation of a heart failure care path in Leuven: the role of cardiac biomarkers"

Dr Bert Vaes, MD, PhD - KU Leuven, Academische Centrum Huisartsgeneeskunde

20:15 - 21:00: "Novel biomarkers in acute and chronic HF. A call for action"

Prof Antoni Bayes-Génes, MD, PhD, FESC, FHFA - Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain

21:00 - 22:00: Network & Dine

Location

Faculty Club is situated along the ring road of Leuven, just off the E40/E314 and has parking facilities for 250 cars – only a 15-minute drive from the airport by train or car – 20 minutes from Brussels.

Faculty Club Leuven

Groot Begijnhof 14

3000 Leuven, Belgium

facultyclub.be

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1. World Heart Failure Alliance. White Paper: Heart failure, preventing disease and death worldwide. Web: https://www.escardio.org/static_file/Escardio/Subspecialty/HFA/WHFA-whitepaper-15-May-14.pdf

2. Cowie, M.R. et al. (2013) Improving care for patients are acute heart failure. Retrieved from: http://www.oxfordhealthpolicyforum.org/reports/acute-heart-failure/improving-care-for-patients-with-acute-heart-failure

3. Krumholz HM, et al. (2009). Patterns of hospital performance in acute myocardial infarction and heart failure 30-day mortality and readmission. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes.;2(5):407-413