University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (Romania)
Dr. Andrada Guta is a young specialist in Cardiology, in Bucharest, Romania, and a former researcher in Padua, Italy, where she worked for one year, under the supervision of Professor Luigi Badano and Dr. Denisa Muraru. One of her main interests is valvular heart disease and she is involved in two ongoing projects in Padua: "Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation by Three-dimensional Echocardiography” and "Left Ventricular Geometry and Mechanics in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse”.
In patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation due to atrial fibrillation, right atrial three-dimensional volume is the most important determinant of tricuspid annulus dilation