DR. POPESCU ANIELA

2019-prezent: Medic cardiolog, Spitalul Universitar Mainz, Germania

2018-2019: Bursă RMN cardiac, Spitalul Universitar Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgia

2017-2019: Bursă postdoctorală de cercetare, Imaging Research Center, Leuven, Belgia

2016-2017: Rezidențiat Medicină Internă si Terapie intensiva cardiaca, Spitalul „Barmherzige Brüder”, Trier, Germania

2013-2016: Rezidențiat în Cardiologie, Spitalul Universitar Düsseldorf, Germania

2012: Licență medicală în Germania (Approbation)

2011: Bursier cercetare cardiologică, Spitalul Universitar Düsseldorf

2021: Specialist în Medicină Internă și Cardiologie – Certificare națională în Germania (specialitate recunoscută de Ministerul Sănătății din România în februarie 2022)

2019: Master postuniversitar în Imagistică Medicală Avansată, Universitatea Leuven, Belgia (Nota: Summa cum laude)

2016: absolvire doctorat cu titlul “Doctor in medicina” , Universitatea Düsseldorf, Germania – „Assessment of the Functional Properties of Human Myoglobin”

2006-2012: Studii medicale la Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila”, București, România (prima admisa cu 100/100 puncte)

2002-2006: Colegiul Național „Nicolae Titulescu” (profil matematica-informatica, intensiv engleza), Pucioasa

2017-prezent: peste 50 de prezentari despre imagistica cardiaca multimodala (ecografie si RMN cardiac), boli valvulare, functia miocardica, la congresele societatilor europene, germane si romane de cardiologie (ESC, EACVI, DGK, DEKK, SRC)

2024: Certificare in ecocardiografie Intervențională (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

2022: Certificare în Imagistică prin Rezonanță Magnetică Cardiovasculară (CMR) (Societatea Europeană de Imagistică Cardiovasculară) Nivel 2

2022 : Certificare Cardiologie Sportivă Nivel 1 (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

2021 :Certificare în Terapia de Resynchronizare Cardiacă (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

2021: Certificare în Terapia cu Defibrilator Cardiac (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

Certificare in terapia cu Pacemaker (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie) – octombrie 2021

2020: Certificare Good Clinical Practice (Bezirksregierung Rhein-Hessen, Germania)

2015: Certificare basic si advanced life support (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

2015 : Curs terapie intensiva (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

Cursuri de malformatii cardiace congenitale (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

Cursuri de cardioobstetrica, sarcina si malformatiile cardiace congenitale (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie)

Cursuri de insuficienta cardiaca (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie, Societatea Europeana de Cardiologie)

Cursuri de cardiologie interventionala in boli coronariene, boli valvulare si malformatii congenitale cardiace (Societatea Germană de Cardiologie, Societatea Romana de Cardiologie)

Multiple cursuri internationale de imagistica cardiaca multimodala (ecografie avansata 3D, ecografie transesofagiana, RMN cardiac, CT cardiac, ecografie interventionala, ecografie de stress)

Articole publicate ca “Petrescu AM” in reviste cotate ISI (iulie 2025: h-index 20, i10-index 24, 1128 citari)

2025: Petrescu A et al, Ultrasound shear wave elastograohy for detection of myocardial fibrosis, European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, article in press, accepted in June 2025

2025: Petrescu A et al. Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of atrial secondary mitral regurgitation positively influences atrial remodelling. ESC Heart Fail. Published online March 11, 2025.

2023: Petrescu, JU Voigt. Echocardiography with high frame rates in the clinical practice : Principles, applications and perspectives. Herz. 2023 Oct;

2021: Petrescu, J D’hooge, JU Voigt. Concepts and applications of ultrafast cardiac ultrasound imaging. Echocardiography. 2021;38(1):7-15. doi: 10.1111/echo.14971. Epub 2021 Jan 20.

2020: A Petrescu, et al Shear wave elastography using high frame rate imaging in the follow-up of heart transplant recipients. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Nov

2019: Petrescu et al Velocities of naturally occurring myocardial shear waves increase with age and in cardiac amyloidosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Dec

2019: Santos, AM. Petrescu (shared first autorship) et al, Feasibility of natural shear wave imaging in the human heart: normal values and reproducibility. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2019 Mar

2024: Youssef AS, Petrescu A, et al. Evolution of natural myocardial shear wave behavior in young hearts: determinant factors and reproducibility analysis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2024 Jul

2024: Stocker, L. Stolz, M. Metra, J. Hausleiter et al (the EuroSMR Investigators). Long-Term Outcomes After Edge-to-Edge Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: 5-Year Results from the EuroSMR Registry. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024 17(21).

2022: Caenen A, Bezy S, Petrescu A, et al. Transmural Wave Speed Gradient May Distinguish Intrinsic Myocardial Stiffening from Preload-Induced Changes in Operational Stiffness in Shear Wave Elastography. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2022 Jul 5

2022: Stolz, P. Doldi , M. Orban , N. Karam , T. Puscas , M. Wild , A. Popescu, Staging heart failure patients with secondary mitral regurgitation undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge- repair. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2022, 28 Dec 2022;

2022: Sodhi N, Asch FM, Ruf T, Petrescu A, et al. Clinical Outcomes With Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Atrial Functional MR From the EXPAND Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Sep 12;

2022: Higuchi S, Orban M, Adamo M, Giannini C, Melica B, Karam N, Praz F, Kalbacher D, Lubos E, Stolz L, Braun D, Näbauer M, Wild M, Doldi P, Neuss M, Butter C, Kassar M, Ruf T, Petrescu A, et al. Sex-specific impact of anthropometric parameters on outcomes after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for secondary mitral regurgitation. Int J Cardiol. 2022 Sep 15

2022: Doldi PM, Stolz L, Kalbacher D, Köll B, Geyer M, Ludwig S, Orban M, Braun D, Weckbach LT, Stocker TJ, Näbauer M, Higuchi S, Ruf T, Da Rocha E Silva J, Wild M, Tence N, Unterhuber M, Schofer N, Petrescu A, et al Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 Aug 23.

2022: Iliadis C, Kalbacher D, Lurz P, Petrescu AM, et al. Left atrial volume index and outcome after transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 Jul;

2022: Higuchi S, Orban M, Adamo M, Giannini C, Melica B, Karam N, Praz F, Kalbacher D, Koell B, Stolz L, Braun D, Näbauer M, Wild M, Doldi P, Neuss M, Butter C, Kassar M, Ruf T, Petrescu A, et al.  Guideline-directed medical therapy in patients undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for secondary mitral regurgitation.; EuroSMR Investigators. Eur J Heart Fail. 2022 Jul 6.

2022: Doldi P, Stolz L, Orban M, Karam N, Praz F, Kalbacher D, Lubos E, Braun D, Adamo M, Giannini C, Melica B, Näbauer M, Higuchi S, Wild M, Neuss M, Butter C, Kassar M, Petrescu A, et al. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jul 8.

2021: Geyer M, Keller K, Tamm AR, Born S, Bachmann K, Ruf TF, Kreidel F, Hahad O, Petrescu AM,  et al. Early symptomatic benefit indicates long-term prognosis after transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair in functional and degenerative etiology. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Dec

2021: Benedikt Koell, Mathias Orban, Jessica Weimann, Mohammad Kassar, Nicole Karam, Michael Neuss, AM Petrescu, et al. Outcomes stratified by adapted inclusion criteria after mitral edge-to-edge repair. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. December 2021; 78 (24), 2408-2421

2021: Olschewski M, Ullrich H, Brandt M, Steven S, Ahoopai M, Blessing R, Petrescu AM, et al. Effectiveness of a Real-Time X-ray Dosimetry Monitor in Reducing Radiation Exposure in Coronary Procedures: The ESPRESSO-Raysafe Randomized Trial. J Clin Med. 2021 Nov 17

2021: Mălăescu GG, Mirea O, Capotă R, Petrescu AM, et al. Left Atrial Strain Determinants During the Cardiac Phases. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Oct 7

2021: Orban, N. Karam, E. Lubos, D. Kalbacher, S. Deseive, M. Neuss, C. Butter, F. Praz, M. Kassar, AM Petrescu, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2021 April;

2021: Geyer M, Keller K, Bachmann K, Born S, Tamm AR, Ruf TF, Kreidel F, Hahad O, Petrescu AM, Hell M, Beiras-Fernandez A, Kornberger A, Schulz E, Münzel T, von Bardeleben RS. Concomitant tricuspid regurgitation severity and its secondary reduction determine long-term prognosis after transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair. Clin Res Cardiol. 2021 May;

2021: Karam N, Orban M, Kalbacher D, Butter C, Praz F, Lubos E, Bannehr M, Kassar M, Petrescu AM, et al. Clin Res Cardiol. 2021 May;

2021: Higuchi S, Orban M, Stolz L, Karam N, Praz F, Kalbacher D, Ludwig S, Braun D, Näbauer M, Wild MG, Neuss M, Butter C, Kassar M, Petrescu AM, et al.. Impact of Residual Mitral Regurgitation on Survival After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jun 14;

2021: Park SD, Orban M, Karam N, Lubos E, Kalbacher D, Braun D, Stolz L, Neuss M, Butter C, Praz F, Kassar M, Petrescu AM, et al. Sex-Related Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation. EuroSMR Investigators..JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Apr 26;

2021: Karam N, Stolz L, Orban M, Deseive S, Praz F, Kalbacher D, Westermann D, Braun D, Näbauer M, Neuss M, Butter C, Kassar M, Petrescu AM, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Apr;

2021: Emrich T, Bordonaro V, Schoepf UJ, Petrescu AM, et al. Right/Left Ventricular Blood Pool T2 Ratio as an Innovative Cardiac MRI Screening Tool for the Identification of Left-to-Right Shunts in Patients With Right Ventricular Disease. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Aug 10

2020: Cvijic M, Bézy S, Petrescu A, et al. Interplay of cardiac remodelling and myocardial stiffness in hypertensive heart disease: a shear wave imaging study using high-frame rate echocardiography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Jun 1

2020: Orlowska M, Ramalli A, Petrescu A, A novel 2D speckle tracking method for high frame rate echocardiography. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2020 Sep;

2019: Dobrovie M, Bėzy S, Ünlü S, Chakraborty B, Petrescu AM, et al. How Does Regional Hypertrophy Affect Strain Measurements With Different Speckle-Tracking Methods? J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Nov

2019: Beela, J. Duchenne, AM. Petrescu, et al. Sex-specific difference in outcome after cardiac resynchronization therapy. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 May 1

2018: Navarese EP, Wernly B, Lichtenauer M, Petrescu AM, et al. Dual vs single antiplatelet therapy in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease – A meta-analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Oct 15

2018: Navarese EP, Kołodziejczak M, Petrescu AM, et al. Role of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2018 Jun;

2012: Totzeck M, Hendgen-Cotta UB, Rammos C, Petrescu AM, et al. Assessment of the Functional Diversity of Human Myoglobin. Nitric Oxide. 2012 May 15

Membru al Societății Europene de Cardiologie (ESC)

Membru al Asociației Europene pentru Imagistica Cardiovasculară (EACVI)

Membru în Grupul de Lucru pentru Boli Miocardice și Pericardice – ESC

Membru în Grupul de Lucru pentru Funcția Miocardică – ESC

Membru în Grupul de Lucru pentru Cardiologie Congenitală Adulți – ESC

Membru al Asociației de Cardiologie Acută – ACCA (ESC)

Membru al Societății Germane de Cardiologie – DGK

Membru al Societății Germane de Medicină Internă – DGIM

2024: Young Investigator Award – Basic Science – EACVI Congress (Berlin)

2024: Fellow of the European Society of Cardiovascular Imaging (FEACVI)

2024: Educational Grant – EACVI Congress (Berlin)

2020: Best ePoster Award – ESC Congress

2018: Young Investigator Award – Clinical Science – EACVI Congress (Milano)

2017: Grant de cercetare – Societatea Germană de Cardiologie (50.000 EUR)

2017: Best Poster Presentation Award – ESC Congress (Barcelona)