2024 AGENDA

Registration / Continental Breakfast

La Jolla Ballroom Foyer 

Welcome, Introduction & Program Overview

Lori Daniels, MD

hsTroponin in the Emergency Department

Martin Than, MD

Rethinking the Universal Definition of MI
Nick Mills, MD, PhD

Single Troponin Measurement to Rule out MI

Fred Apple, PhD  

State-of-the-Art Talk: Biomarkers of ACS in the Updated ESC Guidelines: Advancements and Controversies 

Martin Möckel, MD, PhD

Point of Care hsTroponin: Dawn of a New Age 

Kristen Aakre, MD, PhD  

Acute Coronary Syndrome Panel Q&A 

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS 

Cardiologists as Diabetologists: Biomarkers and SGLT2i/GLP1a

Kristi Kulasa, MD  

What Biomarkers Teach us About GDMT?

Lori Daniels, MD 

Vericiguat Optimization with Biomarkers 

Christopher deFilippi, MD 

Biomarkers in Amyloid and HCM: New Opportunities

Tony Urey, MD

Are Biopsies History? Circulating ‘Omics After Heart Transplant

Palak Shah, MD

Biomarkers in Heart Failure & Cardiometabolics Panel Q&A 

LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS
Pick-Up Lunch in Exhibit Hall and Return to Ballroom for Working Lunch Session

Coronary Artery Calcification: Role in Preventive Cardiology

Nathan D. Wong, PhD

Can Biomarkers Identify Patients at Risk for  Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome? 

Sheryl Chow, PharmD 

Lipoprotein(a): Ready for Prime Time?

Nathan D. Wong, PhD

Biomarkers in Cardio-Oncology

Anya Narezkina, MD

Choosing the Right Lipid Lowering Agents: A Personalized Approach Using Lipid Biomarkers

Harpreet Bhatia, MD 

Cardiorenal & Cardiometabolic Biomarkers Q&A 

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

Breast Arterial Calcification for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Women

Lori Daniels, MD

More Than Skin-Deep: Transcutaneous Troponin Measurements

W. Frank Peacock, MD 

A Fresh Look at an Old Friend: ECGs and the Queen of Hearts

Stephen Smith, MD 

Novel Markers and Machine Learning - Moving Beyond Race for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction

Eldrin F. Lewis, MD, MPH 

 Biomarkers – the Next Generation Panel Q&A  

Concluding Remarks

Lori Daniels, MD