Marina Strocchi

Postdoctoral researcher (previous member) · Imperial College London

Marina Strocchi received a bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics at the University of Bologna, Italy, and a master degree in Applied Mathematics at the University of Trento, Italy. For her master thesis, she worked with models for the simulation of arterial blood flow. She also received a Master of Research in Imaging Science at King’s College London.

During her PhD at King’s College London in 2017, Marina has been working with three-dimensional models for cardiac electrical activation and mechanical contraction. The aim of her PhD is to develop a framework that simulates physiological motion of atria and ventricles together with pressure-volume atrial and ventricular dynamics. This framework was then be applied to a virtual cohort of heart failure models to investigate how pressure dynamics in the major arteries change in response to cardiac resynchronization therapy. After the completion of her PhD in 2021, she continued in CEMRG for a postdoctoral position funded by the British Heart Foundation.

In 2025, she left to start a position in Medtronic as senior R&D engineer.

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First author 16

Marina Strocchi, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Christopher A. Rinaldi, Edward J. Vigmond, …, Steven A. Niederer
Integrating Imaging and Invasive Pressure Data into a Multiscale Whole-Heart Model
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2025
Marina Strocchi, Daniel J. Hammersley, Brian P. Halliday, Sanjay K. Prasad, Steven A. Niederer
Cardiac digital twins: a tool to investigate the function and treatment of the diabetic heart
Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2025
Marina Strocchi, Jack W Samways, Akriti Naraen, Nadine Ali, Matthew J Shun-Shin, …, Steven A Niederer
An in silico guide for ventriculo-ventricular delay programming for left bundle branch-optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy
EP Europace, 2025
Marina Strocchi, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Shuang Qian, Ludovica Cicci, Abdul Qayyum, Devran Ugurlu, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, Steven A. Niederer
Multi-scale Whole-Heart Electromechanics Modeling to Link Cellular, Tissue and Systemic Properties to Cardiac Biomarkers in the Diabetic Male and Female Heart
Lecture notes in computer science, 2025
Marina Strocchi, Steven A. Niederer, Christopher A. Rinaldi
To the Editor—The role of atrioventricular delay in determining right ventricular function with left bundle pacing
Heart Rhythm, 2024
Marina Strocchi, Cristobal Rodero, Caroline H. Roney, Caroline Mendonca Costa, Gernot Plank, Pablo Lamata, Steven A. Niederer
A Semi-automatic Pipeline for Generation of Large Cohorts of Four-Chamber Heart Meshes
Methods in molecular biology, 2023
Marina Strocchi, Nadeev Wijesuriya, Vishal Mehta, Felicity de Vere, Christopher A. Rinaldi, Steven A. Niederer
Computational Modelling Enabling In Silico Trials for Cardiac Physiologic Pacing
Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 2023
Marina Strocchi, Stefano Longobardi, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Argyrios Petras, Christopher A. Rinaldi, …, Steven A. Niederer
Cell to whole organ global sensitivity analysis on a four-chamber heart electromechanics model using Gaussian processes emulators
PLoS Computational Biology, 2023
Marina Strocchi, Karli Gillette, Aurel Neic, Mark K. Elliott, Nadeev Wijesuriya, …, Steven A. Niederer
Effect of scar and His–Purkinje and myocardium conduction on response to conduction system pacing
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2023
Marina Strocchi, Nadeev Wijesuriya, Mark K. Elliott, Karli Gillette, Aurel Neic, …, Steven A. Niederer
Leadless biventricular left bundle and endocardial lateral wall pacing versus left bundle only pacing in left bundle branch block patients
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Marina Strocchi, Karli Gillette, Aurel Neic, Mark K. Elliott, Nadeev Wijesuriya, …, Steven A. Niederer
Comparison between conduction system pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy in right bundle branch block patients
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Marina Strocchi, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Elias Karabelas, Aurel Neic, Karli Gillette, Caroline H. Roney, Orod Razeghi, …, Martin J. Bishop, …, Steven A. Niederer
The Effect of Ventricular Myofibre Orientation on Atrial Dynamics
Lecture notes in computer science, 2021

The 12 most recent of 16. All of them are under Every group paper.

Middle author 56

Cristobal Rodero, Lara Curran, Christopher W. Lanyon, Paolo Inglese, Abdul Qayyum, Rosie K. Barrows, Jose A. Solis-Lemus, Shahrokh Rahmani, Marina Strocchi, Angela W.C. Lee, Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Ludovica Cicci, Edward Burford, Elias Karabelas, …, Steven A. Niederer
Computational models show that functional remodeling, not anatomy, reshapes physiological determinants of cardiac performance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2026
Aditi Kulkarni, Rosie K. Barrows, Angela W.C. Lee, Caroline H. Roney, Marina Strocchi, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, Nicholas Panay, Steven A. Niederer
Multiscale modelling of hormonal effects on atrial fibrillation in female physiology
The Journal of Precision Medicine Health and Disease, 2026
José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, Marina Strocchi, Natalie Montarello, Nishant Lahoti, Cesare Corrado, Abdul Qayyum, Shahrokh Rahmani, Caroline Roney, Gernot Plank, Christoph Augustin, …, Steven A. Niederer
Assessing the importance of sex and disease-specific anatomy in electrophysiology and mechanical simulations with a newly developed public virtual cohort of four-chamber heart models
PLoS Computational Biology, 2026
F De Vere, M Strocchi, T Baptiste, A Lefebvre, N Wijesuriya, S Howell, A Liew, S Niederer, A Rinaldi
Mechanistic insights into the importance of restoring atrioventricular synchrony in dyssynchronous heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation
EP Europace, 2026
Vitaliy Androshchuk, Edouard Long, Charles Sillett, Omar Chehab, Natalie Montarello, Joshua Wilcox, Marina Strocchi, …, Steven Niederer, …
Multi-chamber three-dimensional myocardial strain assessment by computed tomography: a comparison with speckle tracking echocardiography and association with pulmonary hypertension in severe aortic stenosis
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2026
Angela W.C. Lee, Marina Strocchi, Alphonsus Liew, Sandra Howell, Felicity De Vere, Nadeev Wijesuriya, …, Steven Niederer
Computational analysis of intracardiac collision risk and optimal site for right ventricular leadless left bundle branch area pacing: A simulation study
Heart Rhythm O2, 2026
Holly Morgan, Amedeo Chiribiri, Marina Strocchi, Hassan Zaidi, Nathan C.K. Wong, Azizah Ardinal, Mark Elliott, Steven Niederer, …, Martin Bishop, …
Ischemia modulation via coronary revascularization and effects on the arrhythmic substrate
Heart Rhythm, 2026
Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Cristobal Rodero, Charles P. Sillett, Marina Strocchi, Christopher W. Lanyon, Christoph M. Augustin, Angela W. C. Lee, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Caroline H. Roney, Daniel B. Ennis, Ronak Rajani, …, Steven A. Niederer
Regional heterogeneity in left atrial stiffness impacts passive deformation in a cohort of patient-specific models
PLoS Computational Biology, 2025
Alphonsus Liew, Marina Strocchi, Cristobal Rodero, Karli K. Gillette, Nadeev Wijesuriya, Sandra Howell, Felicity de Vere, …, Steven Niederer, …
Comparing the effects of left bundle branch pacing and leadless right ventricular pacing on intraventricular and interventricular dyssynchrony using in silico modelling
Frontiers in Physiology, 2025
Jack W. Samways, Timothy Cheng, Ji-Jian Chow, Matthew J. Shun-Shin, Nadine Ali, …, Marina Strocchi, Steven A. Niederer, …
Ventricular repolarization is improved by His resynchronization therapy but not biventricular pacing
Heart Rhythm, 2025
S Samaneh Lashkarinia, Angela W C Lee, Tiffany M G Baptiste, Rosie K Barrows, Charles P Sillett, Cristobal Rodero, Upasana Tayal, Antonio de Marvao, Nicholas Panay, Catherine Williamson, …, Marina Strocchi, Steven A Niederer
Representation of women in cardiovascular disease management: a systematic analysis of ESC guidelines
Open Heart, 2025
Charles Sillett, Vitaliy Androshchuk, Edouard Long, Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Marina Strocchi, Jose Alonso Solis Lemus, Angela WC. Lee, Caroline H. Roney, Ronak Rajani, Tiffany Patterson, …, Steven A. Niederer
Three-dimensional left atrial strain from retrospective gated computed tomography: Comparison with speckle-tracking echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography, 2025

The 12 most recent of 56. All of them are under Every group paper.

Last author 1

Cristobal Rodero, Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Alexandre Lewalle, Steven A. Niederer, Marina Strocchi
Advancing clinical translation of cardiac biomechanics models: a comprehensive review, applications and future pathways
Frontiers in Physics, 2023