Valentina Mercurio, MD, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the Department of Translational Medical Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II. She received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Naples Federico II. Her research interests are Internal Medicine, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Cardiac Function, Clinical Cardiology, Myocardial Infarction, Chronic Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiac Imaging, and Cardiovascular Physiology.