Dominique PV de Kleijn's Biography

Dominique PV de Kleijn, Professor Experimental Vascular Surgery, Professor Netherlands Heart Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Dominique PV de Kleijn is molecular biologist and chemist and professor of Exp. Vascular Surgery at UMC Utrecht and professor at the Netherlands Heart Institute. From 2012 to 2016, he was Research Professor of Surgery at NUS/NUHS and preclinical director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Singapore. He was until 2016 professor of Cardiovascular Immunology and co-chair of Experimental Cardiology at UMC Utrecht. Since 1997 he is coordinating cardiovascular research from basic science, animal myocardial infarction and atherosclerotic studies (pig and sheep) towards clinical biobanking studies. His research interests are: The innate immune system in cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis & Biomarkers predictive for primary & secondary events with a focus on plasma extracellular vesicles. He has more then 275 publications and a H-factor of 78.

Plasma Extracellular Vesicle Sub-fractions as Biomarker Source for Cardiovascular Disease

Thursday, 25 February 2021 at 09:00

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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is with the cardiovascular events of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke, the number 1 and 2 cause of death in the world and expect to increase especially in Asia.
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) comprises 3 entities: Chronic Coronary Syndrome (CCS or Stable Angina), unstable angina (UA) and myocardial infarction (MI). Because IHD is associated with an increased risk of adverse clinical events such as heart failure and death, early recognition of IHD is of utmost importance.

However, to diagnosis CCS is challenging, as many patients present with atypical symptoms. Troponins are the main diagnostic tool for detection of MI. Blood biomarkers for CCS (typically causing stable angina) and UA, however, are not available. These diagnoses frequently require hospital visits/admissions for time-consuming and costly (non)invasive tests. We use plasma extracellular vesicle protein content of vesicles from plasma sub-fractions as an accurate source for early diagnosis of CCS. This plasma sub-fraction technology is also used for prognosis of a second MI or stroke to identify the high risk patient that can be treated with more intensive and often more costly medication.

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