BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Perspectives on Integrated Approach to Biomarkers
SESSION A
INFLAMMATION IN CARDIOCEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
Chairs: Filippo Crea (Rome, Italy)
Jan Sobesky (Cologne, Germany)
1:30pm
INFLAMMATION IN PLAQUE GROWTH AND IN PLAQUE DISRUPTION
Filippo Crea (Rome, Italy)
1:55pm
INFLAMATORY PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH HDL:
A PROTEOMIC APPROACH
Jay Heinecke (Seattle, WA, USA)
2:20pm
INFLAMMATION AND STROKE: DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC
IMPLICATIONS OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOIMAGING TECHNIQUES
Jan Sobesky (Cologne, Germany)
2:45pm
IMAGING OF INFLAMMATION IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Steffen Bohl (Berlin, Germany)
3:10pm
Coffee Break
SESSION B
CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE TRANSFERABILITY OF
BIOMARKERS TO CLINICAL MEDICINE
Chairs: Thomas Hatsukami (Seattle, WA, USA)
Jean-Claude Tardif (Montreal, Canada)
1:30pm
USING LARGE-SCALE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
TO HELP EVALUATE BIOMARKERS
Emanuele Di Angelantonio (Cambridge, UK)
2:00pm
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE AND TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE
REQUIRED FOR QUALIFICATION IN BIOIMAGING
Thomas Hatsukami (Seattle, WA, USA)
2:30pm
THE PATH OF TRANSLATION TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: NEW
PARADIGM OF RISK ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Alan Wu (San Francisco, CA, USA)
3:00pm
Coffee Break