Marina Rovida
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Dr. Marina Rovida is a cardiologist at the University Cardiovascular Unit of IRCCS Policlinico San Donato.
She graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1991 from the University of Milan. She specialized in cardiology at the University of Pavia in 1996.
From 1991 to February 2014, she worked as a cardiology and emergency department physician at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, where she gained complete autonomy and the ability to manage acute cardiac conditions, diagnosing and treating heart diseases.
From 1998 to February 2015, she provided inpatient care, handling admissions, discharges, and the management of cardiac patients.
As a first-level medical director at the III Cardiovascular Unit and the pacing service, she was also responsible for the diagnosis and treatment pathways for heart diseases, including:
- Valvular diseases
- Heart failure
- Ischemic heart disease
- Diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias
Since March 2015, she has continued her work at the University Cardiovascular Unit of IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in its various forms, such as dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive, ischemic cardiomyopathies, and valvular diseases.
In diagnosing heart diseases, she has utilized numerous methods, including:
- Echocardiography
- Biomarkers
- Functional assessment
- Analysis of gases in exhaled air at rest and after exertion
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- Cardiac catheterization
- Provocative tests for ischemia and myocardial functional reserve
Dr. Rovida has extensive experience in managing cardiac conditions, with a particular interest in treating heart failure, ischemic heart disease, valvular disease, and hypertension.
During the COVID emergency, she provided care in the sub-intensive care unit at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato and later in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit.
She has also been a contract professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Milan, teaching the course on semiotics and pathology of the systems during the academic years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.