EDITORIAL

1. Eugene Braunwald – the father of modern American cardiology
   Martin S. Martin

REVIEW

1. The year in cardiology 2016: arrhythmias and cardiac implantable electronic devicesRiccardo Cappato, Gerhard Hindricks, Jan Steffel
2. The year in cardiology 2016: imaging
   Victoria Delgado, Oliver Gaemperli, Massimo Lombardi, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Jeroen J. Bax
3. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for detection of coronary artery disease – a practical approach
   Sebastian Onciul, Sven Plein
4. Coronary physiology in the catheterization laboratory
   Vlad Bataila, Aura Vijiiac, Lucian Calmac, Maria Dorobantu

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Cardioversion of symptomatic persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with left atrium dilatation: how far should we go?
   Cristina Vacarescu, Lucian Petrescu, Cristian Mornos, Emilia-Violeta Goanta, Simina Crisan, Miruna Ocos, Mihai-Andrei Lazar, Oana Patru, Ramona-Alina Cozlac, Dragos Cozma
2. Effects of antiangiogenic chemotherapy on cardiac function – the added value of myocardial deformation imaging
   Anca-Maria Popara-Voica, Ruxandra Jurcut, Adina Croitoru, Ioana Dinu, Dragos Alexandru, Laura Dima, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Carmen Ginghina

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Atypical presentation of Barlow’s disease – a case reportMihaela Octavia Popa, Corneliu Iorgulescu
2. Rheumatoid arthritis – an enemy of the heart
   Irina-Elena Dumitrescu, Madalina Duna, Lavinia Stanescu, Denisa Predeteanu
3. Large left atrial myxoma with left ventricle inflow obstruction
   Teodora Nita, Paula Gocan, Ioana Dregoesc, Svetlana Encica, Lucian Stan, Ruxandra Beyer

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. The role of multi-modality imaging in the case of a left upper lobe partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with patent foramen ovale
   Alin Ionescu, Monica Dobrovie, Monica Chivulescu, Raluca Ionescu, Adriana Raica, Dan Deleanu, Carmen Ginghina, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Ruxandra Jurcut
2. Giant free-floating ball-like thrombus in the right atrium
   Oana Ionita, Eva Paskova, Robert Petr, Lucie Srncova, Hana Linkova

GUIDELINES

1. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY AGENDA 2017

REVIEW

1. Focus on left bundle-branch block
   Dan-Andrei Radu, Radu Vatasescu
2. Biomarkers in emergency cardiology: cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary thromboembolism, acute aortic syndrome and acute heart failure
   Antoniu Octavian Petris, Gabriel Tatu-Chitoiu, Ioan Mircea Coman, Diana Tint, Ruxandra Christodorescu, Valentin Chioncel, Dan Darabantiu, Diana Cimpoesu, Laura Antohi, Laurentiu Sorodoc, Lucian Petrescu, Calin Pop, Alexandre Mebazaa, Ovidiu Chioncel
3. Robotics in ablation – a technology at a crossroads
   Decebal Gabriel Latcu, Bogdan Enache, Ahmed Moustafa Wedn, Sok-Sithikun Bun, Nadir Saoudi
4. Short QT syndrome: an update
   Christian Wolpert, Maja Vogel, Christian Nagel, Norman Rüb

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. The activity of the interventional cardiology centers in Romania: a 2016 overview and 2014-2016 trends
   Marin Postu, Lucian Predescu, Stefan Mot
2. Endocardial ganglionated plexi ablation: feasibility and impact on atrial fibrillation outcome
   Mihaela Grecu, Mariana Floria, Grigore Tinica
3. Discovering the link between diabetes, depression and cardiovascular disease
   Gabriela Mut-Vitcu, Svetlana Mosteoru, Romulus Timar, Laura Gaita, Dan Gaita
4. Remote magnetic navigation for ablation of ventricular arrhythmias
   Alexandrina Nastasa, Corneliu Iorgulescu, Stefan Bogdan, Mohamed Dardari, Stefan Petre, Tudor Preda, Radu Vatasescu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. A rare acute right heart failure: ruptured sinus of Valsalva into the right atrium
   Antoniu Octavian Petris, Loredana Clapa, Gabriela Sofiniuc, Mihai Bucatanschi, Eugen Bitere, Ioan Lucian Mocanu, Irina Iuliana Costache
2. Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, syncope and previous stroke: a frequent association, but not always a classic etiology!
   Claudia Matei, Gabriela Kozma, Dan Bindea, Calin Pop
3. Assessment of myocardial perfusion with contrast enhanced echocardiography and other imagistic techniques
   Nicoleta Oprescu, Miruna M. Micheu, Alina I. Scarlatescu, Gabriela Nicula, Maria Dorobantu
4. A challenging case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by acute mitral regurgitation
   Alina Hohaci, Liviu Macovei, Mircea Balasanian, Lucian Stoica, Nicusor Lovin, Carmen Elena Plesoianu, Larisa Anghel, Ana Tanasa, Maria Cristina Vladeanu, Catalina Arsenescu Georgescu
5. Remote magnetic navigation to overcome anatomic obstacles to a standard ablation procedure
   Alexandrina Nastasa, Mohamed Dardari, Radu Vatasescu
6. Iron deficiency in chronic heart failure
   Mihaela Anton, Aura Popa, Carmen Ginghina

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Ultrahigh resolution mapping for identifying complex atrial tachycardia circuits
   Bogdan Enache, Gabriel Decebal Latcu, Sok-Sithikun Bun, Ahmed Mostafa Wedn, Nadir Saoudi

GUIDELINES

1. 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY AGENDA 2017

REVIEW

1. Electrocardiogram patterns in non-ST segment myocardial infarction – from theory to practical challenges
   Andreea Cuculici, Adrian Mereuta, Carmen Ginghina
2. The year in cardiology 2016: acute coronary syndromes
   Filippo Crea, Ronald K. Binder, and Thomas F. Lüscher
3. The year in cardiology 2016: coronary interventions
   Carlo Di Mario, Carlotta Sorini Dini, William Wijns

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Left atrial remodelling in patients with mitral stenosis
   Bianca Moise, Monica Rosca, Dragos Alexandru, Carmen Ginghina
2. Myxomatous mitral valve disease: comparison of different echocardiography methods and protocols. A transesophageal echocardiography study
   Maria Magdalena Gurzun, Monica Rosca, Andreea Calin, Marinela Serban, Andreea C. Popescu, Carmen Ginghina, Bogdan A. Popescu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. The diagnostic approach of a mixed cardiorenal syndrome case
   Maria-Magdalena Craciun, Cornelia Ancuta Zara
2. Lung tumor accompanied by a cardiac mass
   Edme Roxana Mustafa, Alin Demetrian, Cristina Florescu, Serenada Bala
3. Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a heart transplant recipient
   Irina Pintilie, Mihaela Ispas, Ayman Elkahlout, Alina Scridon, Razvan Constantin Serban, Dan Dobreanu
4. An uncertain diagnosis: myocarditis or rhabdomyolysis?
   Irina Macovei, Ana Maria Urluescu, Iulia Kulcsar, Marin Postu, Ioan Mircea Coman, Mihaela Rugina

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Manual thrombus aspiration’s essential role in selected STEMI cases
   Radu Stavaru, Diana Grapa, Gabriel Stanica, Andreea Cuculici, Razvan Radu, Marin Postu
2. Porcelain atrium, a rare complication of rheumatic heart disease
   Ionut Badescu, Freddy Frost

UPDATES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. UPDATES IN CARDIOLOGY

GUIDELINES

1. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

AGENDA

1. National and international cardiology agenda 2017

EDITORIAL

1. Leads extraction – still an issue in Romania? From myth to reality
   Dragos Cozma, Emilia Goanta

REVIEW

1. Subcutaneous implantable defibrillator: system overview, evidence and future directions
   Emilia Goanta, Ermenegildo de Ruvo, Leonardo Calò
2. Data sharing: a new editorial initiative of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Implications for the Editors´ Network
   Fernando Alfonso, Karlen Adamyan, Jean-Yves Artigou, Michael Aschermann,Michael Boehm, Alfonso Buendia, Pao-Hsien Chu, Ariel Cohen, Livio Dei Cas, Mirza Dilic, Anton Doubell, Dario Echeverri, Nuray Enç, Ignacio Ferreira-González,Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Andreas Flammer, Eckart Fleck, Plamen Gatzov,Carmen Ginghina, Lino Goncalves, Habib Haouala, Mahmoud Hassanein, Gerd Heusch, Kurt Huber, Ivan Hulín, Mario Ivanusa, Rungroj Krittayaphong, Chu-Pak Lau,Germanas Marinskis, François Mach, Luiz Felipe Moreira, Tuomo Nieminen,Latifa Oukerraj, Stefan Perings, Luc Pierard, Tatjana Potpara, Walter Reyes-Caorsi,Se-Joong Rim, Olaf Rødevand, Georges Saade, Mikael Sander, Evgeny Shlyakhto, Bilgin Timuralp, Dimitris Tousoulis, Dilek Ural, J. J. Piek, Albert Varga, Thomas F. Lüscher

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. The prognostic value of a new Tissue Doppler parameter in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
   Cristian Mornos, Simina Crisan, Lucian Petrescu, Adina Ionac, Dragos Cozma
2. Transvenous removal of pacing and implantable cardiac defibrillating leads – a single center experience
   Corneliu Iorgulescu, Dan-Andrei Radu, Alexandrina Nastasa, Georgiana Malaescu, Stefan Bogdan, Radu Vatasescu
3. Hyponatremia on admission and its impact on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure
   Naomi Niari Dalimunthe, Sari Harahap, Rahmad Isnanta, Zainal Safri, Refli Hasan

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Successful radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation in a patient with left-sided pneumonectomy
   Zoltán Salló, Nándor Szegedi, István Osztheimer, Vivien Klaudia Nagy, Katalin Piros, Péter Perge, Tamás Tahin, Pál Ábrahám, Béla Merkely, László Gellér
2. Twenty years after
   Cristina Bulei, Aura Popa, Claudia Folescu, Marinela Serban, Anca Mateescu, Serban State, Carmen Ginghina

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. A broken hip and a broken heart: the benefits of intravascular imaging in primary PCI
   Adrian Ionescu

UPDATES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation – what is new?

GUIDELINES

1. 2016 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY AGENDA 2017