Dr Madalina Garbi

Echocardiography (3D echocardiography, TOE, stress echocardiography)

Heart Valve Disease (Advanced Diagnosis, Management, Timing and Planning of Intervention, Valvular Heart Failure, Valve Stress Echocardiography)

Heart Valve Disease, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Imaging, Stress Testing

• King’s College London Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
• FRCP (London)
• MA, Diploma, Certificate in Medical Education (University of Newcastle, School of Medical Education)
• MD (Medicine, Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest)

• The NICE Topic Adviser on Heart Valve Disease
• Ex-officio member of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Scientific Documents Committee, Appropriateness Criteria Sub-Committee
• Ex-officio Board Member of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Heart Valve Disease
• Royal Society of Medicine Cardiology Section Council Member, Echocardiography
• British Society of Echocardiography Communications Committee member
• GMC - 4570730 – Specialist Register, Cardiology
• FRCP London
• BCS - BSE - BHVS - HVS - ESC - ESC VHD Council - EACVI - BMA - MPS 

Garbi M, Garweg C. Arrhythmia in mitral valve prolapse. All roads lead to Rome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology - accepted July 2020.

Hua A, Garbi M, Sado D, Rajani R, Albarjas M. Nowhere to hide. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, 13(5)2020. - May 2020.

Mancusi C, de Simone G, Brguljan Hitij J, Sudano I, Mahfoud F, Parati G, Kahan T, Barbato E, Pierard LA, Garbi M, Flachskampf FA, Gerdts E. Management of patients with combined arterial hypertension and aortic valve stenosis: a consensus document from the Council on Hypertension and Council on Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). European Heart Journal - Cardiovasc Pharmacotherapy, pvaa040. - April 2020.

Garbi M. Valvular Heart Failure. Chapter in ESC Council on Heart Valve Disease textbook "Heart Valve Disease, State of the art". - January 2020.

Garbi M, Magne J, Maisano F, Swaans M, Dulgheru R, Lancellotti P. Mitral Regurgitation. Chapter in ESC Council on Heart Valve Disease textbook “Heart Valve Disease, State of the art”. - January 2020.

Garbi M, Lancellotti P. Transcatheter Mitral Regurgitation Repair in Valvular Heart Failure. New England Journal of Medicine, 380;20. - May 2019.

Lancellotti P, Dulgheru R, Marchetta S, Oury C, Garbi M. Valve Disease in Heart Failure: Secondary but Not Irrelevant. Heart Failure Clinics. 2019;15(2):219-227. - April 2019.

Chambers JB, Garbi M, Briffa N, Sharma V, Steeds RP. Indications for echocardiography of replacement heart valves: a joint statement from the British Heart Valve Society and British Society of Echocardiography. Echo Res Pract, 2019;6(1):G9–G15. - March 2019.

Čelutkienė J, Plymen CM, Flachskampf FA, de Boer RA, Grapsa J, Manka R, Anderson L, Garbi M, Barberis V, Filardi PP, Gargiulo P, Zamorano JL, Lainscak M, Seferovic P, Ruschitzka F, Rosano GMC, Nihoyannopoulos P. Innovative imaging methods in heart failure: a shifting paradigm in cardiac assessment. Position statement on behalf of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. European Journal of Heart Failure. 2018 Dec;20(12):1615-1633. - December 2018.

Lancellotti P, Magne J, Dulgheru R, Clavel MA, Donal E, Vannan MA, Chambers J, Rosenhek R, Habib G, Lloyd G, Nistri S, Garbi M, Marchetta S, Fattouch K, Coisne A, Montaigne D, Modine T, Davin L, Gach O, Radermecker  M, Liu S, Gillam L, Rossi A, Galli E, Ilardi F, Tastet L, Capoulade R, Zilberszac R, Vollema EM, Delgado V, Cosyns B, Lafitte S, Bernard A, Pierard LA, Bax JJ, Pibarot P, Oury C. Outcomes of Patients With Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Followed Up in Heart Valve Clinics. JAMA Cardiology. 2018;3(11):1060-1068. - November 2018.

Garbi M, Lancellotti P, Sheppard MN. Mitral valve and left ventricular features in malignant mitral valve prolapse. Open Heart. 2018;5(2):e000925. - October 2018.

Lancellotti P, Garbi M. Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 2018;11(9):e008263. – September 2018.

Regitz-Zagrosek V, Roos-Hesselink JW, Bauersachs J, Blomström-Lundqvist C, Cífková R, De Bonis M, Iung B, Johnson MR, Kintscher U, Kranke P, Lang IM, Morais J, Pieper PG, Presbitero P, Price S, Rosano GMC, Seeland U, Simoncini T, Swan L, Warnes CA, ESC Scientific Document Group, 2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy: The Task Force for the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), (Garbi M – document reviewer on behalf of the ESC Council on Valvular Heart Disease). European Heart Journal, Volume 39, Issue 34, 07 September 2018, Pages 3165–3241. – September 2018.

Lancellotti P, Garbi M. Progression of secondary mitral regurgitation: from heart failure to valvular heart failure. European Heart Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2018;19(6):613-614. – June 2018.

Lancellotti P, Dulgheru R, Go YY, Sugimoto T, Marchetta S, Oury C, Garbi M. Stress echocardiography in patients with native valvular heart disease. Heart. 2018;104(10):807-813. – May 2018.

Lancellotti P, Garbi M. The need for appropriate use criteria: the proof of the pudding. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 19, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 269–270. – March 2018.

Galderisi M, Cosyns B, Edvardsen T, Cardim N, Delgado V, Di Salvo G, Donal E, Sade LE, Ernande L, Garbi M, Grapsa J, Hagendorff A, Kamp O, Magne J, Santoro C, Stefanidis A, Lancellotti P, Popescu B, Habib G. Standardization of adult transthoracic echocardiography reporting in agreement with recent chamber quantification, diastolic function, and heart valve disease recommendations: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. European Heart Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2017;18(12):1301-1310. – December 2017.

Garbi M, MacCarthy P, Shah AM & Chambers JB. Classical and Paradoxical Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis: A Heart Failure Perspective. Structural Heart The Journal of the Heart Team. Vol 2, 2018, Issue 1. – October 2017.

Gómez de Diego JJ, García Fernández MA, Lancellotti P, Garbi M. Cardiac Imaging Atlas (multimedia, bilingual). CTO Editorial. – August 2017.

Chambers JB, Garbi M, Nieman K, Myerson S, Pierard LA, Habib G, Zamorano JL, Edvardsen T, Lancellotti P. Appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart valve disease in adults: a European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging report of literature review and current practice. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 18, Issue 5, May 2017, Pages 489–498. – February 2017.

Steeds RP, Garbi M, Cardim N, Kasprzak JD, Sade E, Nihoyannopoulos P, Popescu BA, Stefanidis A, Cosyns B, Monaghan M, Aakhus S, Edvardsen T, Flachskampf F, Galiuto L, Athanassopoulos G, Lancellotti P, 2014–2016 EACVI Scientific Documents Committee; 2014–2016 EACVI Scientific Documents Committee. EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of transthoracic echocardiography in adults: a report of literature and current practice review. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 2017;18(11):1191-1204. – February 2017.

Lancellotti P, Pellikka PA, Budts W, Chaudhry FA, Donal E, Dulgheru R, Edvardsen T, Garbi M, Ha JW, Kane GC, Kreeger J, Mertens L, Pibarot P, Picano E, Ryan T, Tsutsui JM, Varga A. The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease: recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2017;30:101-38. – Fefbruary 2017.

Lancellotti P, Pellikka PA, Budts W, Chaudhry FA, Donal E, Dulgheru R, Edvardsen T, Garbi M, Ha JW, Kane GC, Kreeger J, Mertens L, Pibarot P, Picano E, Ryan T, Tsutsui JM, Varga A. The clinical use of stress echocardiography in non-ischaemic heart disease: recommendations from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography. European Heart Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2016;17(11):1191-1229. – November 2016.

Indrajith M, Garbi M, Monaghan MJ. Setting up a stress echo service: best practice. Heart 2016;102:1763-1770. – October 2016.

Lancellotti P, Garbi M. Malignant Mitral Valve Prolapse: Substrates to Ventricular Remodeling and Arrhythmias. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 2016;9(8):e005248. – August 2016.

Garbi M, Edvardsen T, Bax J, Petersen SE, McDonagh T, Filippatos G, Lancellotti P. EACVI appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure derived from European National Imaging Societies voting. European Heart Journal of Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016;17(7):711-721. – July 2016.

Lancellotti P, Pibarot P, Chambers J, Edvardsen T, Delgado V, Dulgheru R, Pepi M, Cosyns B, Dweck MR, Garbi M, Magne J, Nieman K, Rosenhek R, Bernard A, Lowenstein J, Vieira MLC, Rabischoffsky A, Vyhmeister RH, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Zamorano JL, Habib G. Recommendations for the imaging assessment of prosthetic heart valves: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging endorsed by the Chinese Society of Echocardiography, the Inter-American Society of Echocardiography, and the Brazilian Department of Cardiovascular Imaging. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2016, Pages 589–590. – June 2016.

Donal E, Lip GYH, Galderisi M, Goette A, Shah D, Marwan M, Lederlin M, Mondillo S, Edvardsen T, Sitges M, Grapsa J, Garbi M, Senior R, Gimelli A, Potpara TS, Van Gelder IC, Gorenek B, Mabo P, Lancellotti P, Kuck KH, Popescu BA, Hindricks G, Habib G, Cosyns B, Delgado V, Haugaa KH, Muraru D, Nieman K, Cohen A. EACVI/EHRA Expert Consensus Document on the role of multi-modality imaging for the evaluation of patients with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2016, Pages 355–383. – April 2016.

Cosyns B, Lancellotti P (editors), Donal E, Garbi M, Jurcut R, Monney P, Sepraovic Hanzevacki J (Section Editors). The EACVI Echo Handbook. Oxford University Press. – December 2015.

Garbi M, Monaghan MJ. Quantitative mitral valve anatomy and pathology. Echo Res Pract. 2015 Sep 1;2(3):R63-72. – September 2015.

Garbi M, Chambers J, Vannan MA, Lancellotti P. Valve Stress Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Referral, Procedure, Reporting, and Clinical Implementation of Results From the HAVEC Group. Journal of the American College of Cardiology - Cardiovascular Imaging. 2015;8(6):724-736. – June 2015.

Lancellotti P, Płońska-Gościniak E, Garbi M, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Cosyns B, Cardim N, Galderisi M, Edvardsen T, Neglia D, Plein S, Kitsiou A, Nieman K, Stefanidis A, Maurer G, Popescu BA, Habib G. Cardiovascular imaging practice in Europe: a report from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2015, Pages 697–702. – May 2015.

Garbi M, McDonagh T, Cosyns B, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Edvardsen T, Kitsiou A, Nieman K, Lancellotti P, On behalf of the EACVI Imaging Task Force. Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in heart failure: report of literature review. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2015, Pages 147–153. – February 2015.

Neskovic AN, Edvardsen T, Galderisi M, Garbi M, Gullace G, Jurcut R, Dalen H, Hagendorff A, Lancellotti P. Focus cardiac ultrasound: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging viewpoint. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014;15(9):956-960. – September 2014.

Garbi M, Habib G, Plein S, Neglia D, Kitsiou A, Donal E, Pinto F, Bax JJ, Achenbach S, Popescu BA, Edvardsen T, Badano LP, Stefanidis A, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Derumeaux G, Zamorano JL, Lüscher TF, Maurer G, Lancellotti P. Appropriateness criteria for cardiovascular imaging use in clinical practice: a position statement of the ESC/EACVI taskforce. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2014, Pages 477–482 – May 2014.

Cosyns B, Garbi M, Separovic J, Pasquet A, Lancellotti P, On behalf of the Education Committee of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Association (EACVI). Update of the Echocardiography Core Syllabus of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2013, Pages 837–839. – September 2013.

Garbi M. The General Principles of Echocardiography. Chapter in The EACVI Textbook of Echocardiography. Oxford University Press. – 2011 (First Edition) and 2017 (Second Edition).

Kallmeyer A, Zamorano JL, Locorotondo G, Garbi M, Gómez de Diego JJ, García Fernández MA. Non-invasive haemodynamic assessment. Chapter in The EACVI Textbook of Echocardiography. Oxford University Press. – 2011 (First Edition).