[Report from the congress on andrology in Montreal. Diagnosis and treatment of the "andropause"].

As reflected by the proceedings of the recent VIIth International Congress of Andrology in Montreal, Canada, modern andrology takes a wider responsibility for men's health than previously. The area has expanded not only into the fields of basal and clinical endocrinology but also into paediatrics and geriatrics. These changes also put pressure on laboratories of clinical chemistry to provide new and clinically more relevant endocrinological investigations such as lutropin assays which detect the biologically active isoforms, and assays of "bioavailable" testosterone, as well as of inhibin B and anti-Müllerian hormone.

[Better treatment of heart failure by measurements of natriuretic peptides. There are still remaining problems when it comes to the interpretation of measurement levels].

The heart is increasingly being recognised as a major endocrine organ involved in haemodynamic homeostasis. Natriuretic peptides, i.e.