Beckman Coulter Meet the Experts Session

This webinar will discuss current and emerging concepts regarding the role of natriuretic peptides in diagnosis and risk stratification of heart failure. In particular, the analytical characteristics and clinical utility of natriuretic peptides in heart failure across a spectrum of health care settings (ED, perioperative, community) will be discussed.

THE ROLE OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE

PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN EUGEN MUELLER

Professor Mueller obtained his medical degree from the University of Munich, Germany, and performed his postgraduate training in internal medicine, intensive care medicine, and cardiology in Germany and Switzerland. With the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Heart Foundation, he was able to establish his own research group at Basel University Hospital in 2000. His research aims to improve the early diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disorders, particularly heart failure and myocardial infarction. He was awarded a SNF professorship at Basel University in 2004, and promoted to full professor in 2011. Dr. Mueller is co-founder and director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), chair and member of several ESC experts committees, president of the GREAT network, and associate editor for the European Heart Journal. He has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications. He particularly enjoys supporting and mentoring young physician scientists.

BNP: AN EVIDENCE-BASED BIOMARKER WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE

PROFESSOR MARIO PLEBANI

Professor Plebani obtained his medical degree summa cum laude from the Medical School of the University of Padova. He completed residency training and specialization in Laboratory Medicine and subsequently in Gastroenterology, at the same University. He is full Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology at the School of Medicine, University of Padova and Chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University-Hospital of Padova. He is also the Dean of the Medical School of the University of Padova and IFCC Scientific Division Executive Committee Member. He served as President of the Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Clinical Biology (in 2003 and from 2007 to 2009) and President of the Federation of Italian Societies of Laboratory Medicine from 2009 to 2012. Prof. Plebani is Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief of Diagnosis. His main areas of research are quality management in laboratory medicine, diagnostic and laboratory errors, biomarkers in cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and in vitro allergy diagnostics.