Dr. Rita Pavasini is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Cardiology Unit of the University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy. She is responsible for the echocardiography laboratory, the author of more than 100 papers published in high-impact factor journals. She participated as an investigator in several randomized, multicentre, international clinical trials. Her main fields of research are ischemic heart disease and comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), valvular heart disease (endocarditis), cardiac amyloidosis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, antiplatelet therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention, frailty in cardiovascular disease. She has 120 publications with 2410 citations and an h-index of 26 (Scopus, 1 November 2023).