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Luc Eurlings was born on the 2nd of September 1977 in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. After completing secondary school at Sint-Maartenscollege in Maastricht in 1996, he started his medical training at Maastricht University. After obtaining his medical degree in 2002 he started working as physician at the cardiology department at VieCuri MC in Venlo in 2003, followed by 6 months in 2004 at the cardiology department at Maastricht University Medical Center. In 2005, he became a PhD-fellow under supervision of Prof. dr. Y.M. Pinto and dr. D.J. van Kraaij focusing on the the clinical impact of NT-proBNP-guided therapy of chronic heart failure. He was allowed to present his work on several occasions at large international congresses, among which presentation of the results of the PRIMA study in 2009 as late-breaking clinical trial at the ACC congress in Orlando.
His cardiology training started in 2008 at Maastricht University Medical Center, guided by prof. dr. H.J.G.M. Crijns and dr. E.C. Cheriex. In 2009 he continued his training as resident internal medicine at the Orbis Medical Center in Sittard under supervision of dr. B.J. Looij. After 3 months continuing his PhD project in Maastricht, he worked in 2012 for one year as resident cardiology at VieCuri Medical Center in Venlo under supervision of dr. J.G. Meeder. In 2013 and 2014 he completed his cardiology training in Maastricht University Medical Center. From 2015 he works as a cardiologist at VieCuri Medical Center in Venlo.
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