EDITORIAL

1. Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and non-valvular atrial fibrillation
   Catalina Poiana, Raluca Trifanescu

REVIEW

1. Role of new echocardiographic techniques in the detection of cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction. Current status and further perspectives
   Diana Alexandra Cherata, Luigi Paolo Badano, Doina Carstea, Denisa Muraru
2. The year in cardiology 2015: prevention
   M. John Chapman, Stefan Blankenberg, and Ulf Landmesser
3. Microcirculation as a target of myocardial reperfusion in acute coronary syndromes
   Simina Crisan, Cristina Vacarescu, Alina-Ramona Nicola, Mihai-Andrei Lazar, Dragos Cozma, Cristian Mornos, Lucian Petrescu
4. Heart Team in cardiovascular disease–between utility and limits
   Smaranda Radu, Mariana Floria, Genoveva Livia Baroi, Cristina Bocinca, Anca Ouatu, Daniela Maria Tanase, Ovidiu Mitu, Florin Mitu

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Arterial stiffness and cardiovascular risk
   Emilia Dana Baibata, Oana Catalina Cosor, Florin Mitu, Mircea Iurciuc, Silvia Mancas
2. Latent thyroid dysfunction in elderly patients with persistent nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
   Gabriela Silvia Gheorghe, Andreea Simona Hodorogea, Irina Parvu, Adriana Mihaela Iliesiu, Ana Ciobanu, Ioan Tiberiu Nanea
3. Ivabradine initiation during vulnerable phase in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure
   Dan Darabantiu, Radu Lala, Adina Pop Moldovan, Luminita Pilat, Maria Puschita, Ruxandra Christodorescu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. A “stressful” cardiomyopathy
   Daniela I. Anghelina, Emanuel Stoica, Radu Stavaru, Lucian Zarma, Carmen Ginghina
2. An unusual cause of myocardial ischemia in young adults
   Gabriela Puha, Catalina Lionte, Cristina Bologa, Laurentiu Sorodoc
3. The management of complex coronary lesions in a patient with Takayasu arteritis
   Liviu Macovei, Larisa Anghel, Mircea Balasanian, Dan Mihai Alexandrescu, Catalina Arsenescu Georgescu
4. Acute aortic dissection – always surprising
   Bogdan Radulescu, Silvia Preda, Liana Valeanu, Ruxandra Jurcut, Vlad Anton Iliescu

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. A case of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy – not only a right ventricular disease
   Alin Alexandru Ionescu, Monica Chivulescu, Alina Nicula, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Carmen Ginghina, Ruxandra Jurcut
2. Rare cause of acute myocardial infarction with dramatic presentation
   Florin Purcarea, Adrian Negoita, Marin Postu

UPDATES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Updates in cardiology

GUIDELINES

1. Ghidurile ESC 2015 pentru managementul pacienţilor cu aritmii ventriculare şi prevenţia morţii subite cardiace

REVIEWERS 2016

1. Revizori

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY AGENDA 2017

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

1. Instructions for authors

REVIEW

1. Lytic therapy and pharmaco-invasive treatment in elderly patients with STEMI
   Frans Van de Verf
2. Identification of patients with acute heart failure safe for emergency department discharge
   Sean P. Collins, Ovidiu Chioncel, Gregory J. Fermann, Phillip D. Levy, Alan B. Storrow, Peter S. Pang
3. Contemporary management of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: focus on technical advances in surgical myectomy
   Lucian Florin Dorobantu, Paolo Spirito, Cristina Caldararu, Maria Alexandrescu, Ruxandra Jurcut, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Ana Fruntelata, Robert Adam, Gheorghe Cerin, Paolo Ferrazzi
4. Myocardial ischemia in rheumatic inflammatory diseases
   Ciprian Rezus, Anca Cardoneanu, Nicoleta Dima, Adeline Josephine Funingana Cumpata, Elena Rezus
5. Antithrombotic treatment in acute coronary syndrome in elderly patients
   Simina Crisan, Cristina Vacarescu, Alina-Ramona Nicola, Mihai Andrei Lazar, Dragos Cozma, Rodica Dan, Lucian Petrescu
6. The year in cardiology 2015: imaging
   Oliver Gaemperli, Victoria Delgado, Gilbert Habib, Philipp A. Kaufmann, and Jeroen J. Bax

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of the flow-gradient patterns in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
   Andreea Calin, Anca D. Mateescu, Monica Rosca, Carmen Beladan, Roxana Enache, Maria Magdalena Gurzun, Cosmin Calin, Simona Botezatu, Carmen Ginghina, Bogdan A. Popescu
2. Prolonged QRS duration: poor outcome for coronary artery disease
   Larisa Anghel, Liviu Macovei, Cătălina Arsenescu Georgescu
3. The activity of the Interventional Cardiology Centers in Romania: a 2015 overview
   Marin Postu, Lucian Predescu, Stefan Mot
4. Myocardial revascularization using bilateral mammary arteries
   Bogdan Radulescu, Silvia Pieleanu, Vlad Anton Iliescu
5. Evaluation of echocardiographic optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy using VTI parameters
   Zsolt Gyalai, Zsuzsanna Jeremias, Andrea Rab, Roxana Rudzik, Dan Dobreanu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Unusual cause of acute myocardial infarction after surgery for intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta
   Lucian Predescu, Adrian Mereuta, Carmen Beladan, Aura Popa, Andrei Iosifescu, Alina Paunescu, Carmen Ginghina, Dan Deleanu
2. The de Winter T waves – an unusual presentation of left anterior descending artery occlusion
   Valentin Chioncel, Anamaria Avram, Alexandru Cristian Ion, Crina Sinescu

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Giant left atrium opening a new window to the heart
   Dragos Cozma, Cristina Vacarescu, Simina Crisan, Emilia Violeta Goanta, Mihai Andrei Lazar, Cristian Mornos, Adina Ionac, Lucian Petrescu

UPDATES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Updates in cardiology

GUIDELINES

1. Ghid de management al endocarditei infecţioase 2015

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL CARDIOLOGY AGENDA 2016

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

1. Instructions for authors

EDITORIAL

1. Request for competent support: Romanian Journal of Cardiology
   Carmen Ginghina

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Lower incidence of anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in obese patients
   Razvan Constantin Serban, Laszlo Hadadi, Ioana Sus, Eva Katalin Lakatos, Zoltan Demjen, Irina Pintilie, Alina Scridon
2. Utility of TEI index in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: prognostic parameter and correlation with treatment, clinical parameters and right heart catheterization
   Alexandru Ioan Deaconu, Silvia Iancovici, Alexandrina Nastasa, Alexandra Acostachioae, Diana Zamfir, Tudor Constantinescu, Claudia Toma, Dragos Zaharia, Miron Bogdan, Maria Dorobantu
3. Contemporary use of digoxin in clinical practice
   Carmen Ginghina, Monica Chivulescu, Andreea Calin, Gabriela Raileanu, Eduard Apetrei
4. Comparison of current guidelines for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – is clinical practice consistent?
   Adriana Mursa, Alina Dinu, Monica Rosca, Marinela Serban, Carmen Beladan, Cosmin Calin, Nicoleta Ferariu, Bogdan A.Popescu, Carmen Ginghina, Ruxandra Jurcut

REVIEWS

1. Change of paradigm in pathogenesis of non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
   Rodica Dan, Lucian Petrescu
2. The year in cardiology 2015: heart failure
   Michel Komajda, Frank Ruschitzka

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Is there an ideal antiplatelet agent for preventing stent thrombosis?
   Dan Mihai Alexandrescu, Liviu Macovei, Cristina Ciobanu, Larisa Anghel, Amin Bazyani, Ana Tanasa, Catalina Arsenescu Georgescu
2. First-in-man unprotected left main stenting with Stentys Xposition S self-apposing sirolimus eluting stent using Culotte technique
   Marin Postu, Nicolae Carstea, Sanda Postu-Plugaru, Lucian M. Predescu
3. Isolated persistent left superior vein cava unmasked by a simple non-invasive cardiac imaging
   Smaranda Radu, Mariana Floria, Ovidiu Mitu, Florin Mitu
4. Dramatic complications of antiphospholipid syndrome
   Daniela I. Anghelina, Oana Ionita, Vlad A. Iliescu, Ovidiu Chioncel
5. A case of CRT super-responder using fusion pacing without right ventricular lead: a 5 year follow-up
   Cristina Vacarescu, Lucian Petrescu, Emilia Violeta Goanta, Simina Crisan, Cristian Mornos, Mihai Andrei Lazar, Oana Patru, Dragos Cozma

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Gerbode-type, left ventricular to right atrial communication in a 63-year-old patient
   Lelia Strimbu, Ioana Dregoesc, Radu Hagiu
2. Atypical mediastinal tumor
   Lelia Strimbu, Ioana Dregoesc, Radu Hagiu
3. Pulmonary artery fistulas associated with coronary lesions
   Alexandru Mihailovici, Roxana Enache, Emanuel Stoica, Marin Postu

UPDATES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Updates in cardiology

GUIDELINES

1. 2015 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases

AGENDA

1. National and international cardiology agenda 2016

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

1. Instructions for authors

EDITORIAL

1. Editor–in–chief – at the beginning of her mandate
   Carmen Ginghina

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Effect of weight-loss on the reduction of blood pressure in overweight and obese hypertensive patients
   Abbes Mohamed Abdelhaq, Bereksi-Reguig Karima, Elaoudi Lala Fatma, Kourd Meriem, Aissani Mira

REVIEWS

1. The advantages of a pharmaco-invasive strategy
   Frans Van de Werf
2. The principles of analysing the archived electrograms recorded from implanted cardiac defibrillators
   Mona Musteata, Radu Ciudin, Gabriela Silvia Gheorghe, Carmen Ginghina, Tiberiu Nanea

CASE PRESENTATION

1. Trans-apical implantation of a transcatheter aortic balloon-expandable valve for calcified aortic stenosis. First Romanian case
   Serban Balanescu, Andrada Bogdan, Theodor Cebotaru, Cristina Caldararu, Adrian Linte, Maria Alexandrescu, Cosmin Olariu, Carmen Steiu
2. Particular case of Takayasu disease
   Madalina-Loredana Urluescu, Delia Lazar, Liana Chicea, Mariana Sandu, Ayman Elkahlout, Ioan Manitiu
3. Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at high surgical risk: the new „classic” treatment
   Marian Simion , Bogdan A. Popescu, Anca D. Mateescu, Dan Deleanu , Ovidiu Chioncel, Serban Bubenek, Carmen Ginghina, Vlad Iliescu
4. Type I Brugada syndrome with spontaneous intermittent normal electrocardiographic pattern
   Mona Musteata, Radu Ciudin, Oana Andrei, Carmen Ginghina, Tiberiu Nanea

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Systolic anterior motion and crossover of both mitral leaflets in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
   Ioan Tiberiu Nanea, Camelia Nicolae, Andreea Simona Hodorogea, Milovan Slovenski, Gabriela Silvia Gheorghe
2. Angiographically detected apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
   Iulian Calin, Lucian Zarma, Marin Postu

GUIDELINES

1. 2015 ESC/ERS Ghidul pentru diagnosticul şi tratamentul hipertensiunii pulmonare

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

1. Instructions for authors