REVIEWS

1. Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and sports: from mice to humans
   Monica Chivulescu, Øyvind H. Lie, Kristina H. Haugaa, Ruxandra Jurcut
2. The role of three-dimensional echocardiography for the clinical diagnosis and management of mitral valve disease
   Andrada-Camelia Guta, Roberto Carlos Ochoa-Jimenez, Patrizia Aruta, Sorina Mihaila Baldea, Daniela Bartos, Bogdan Alexandru Popescu, Luigi Paolo Badano, Denisa Muraru

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Prevalence of renal changes in patients with heart failure with mid-range and reduced ejection fraction
   Elena Bivol, Livi Grib, Nadejda Cazac, Inna Cernei
2. Clinical and echocardiographic aspects in fixed subaortic stenosis
   Daniela-Noela Radu, Dan M. Dorobantu, Roxana Enache

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Thrombus-in-transit through a patent foramen ovale
   Ramona Olteanu, Razvan Onea, Cristina Enciu
2. The more you know… the less you understand
   Mariana Tarusi, Razvan Constantin Serban, Gabriela Kozma, Calin Pop
3. Management of left ventricle thrombus in patients with myocardial infarction: a series of three cases and review of literature
   Luiza Luchian, Ruxandra Dragoi Galrinho, Sorina Mihaila Baldea, Claudiu Stoicescu, Laura Nicolescu, Andreea Motoc, Dragos Vinereanu
4. Myocardial infarction due to extrinsic compression by paravalvular abscess
   Raluca Tomoaia, Dana Pop, Alexandra Dadarlat, Simona Manole, Dan Horatiu Comsa, Paula Gocan, Ruxandra Beyer

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Unexpected vascular Doppler findings in an asymptomatic patient with marked blood pressure difference between arms
   Andreea Calin, Monica Rosca, Carmen Beladan, Madalina Ciocan, Ileana Arsenescu, Bogdan A. Popescu

GUIDELINES

1. ESC 2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 2019 CARDIOLOGY AGENDA

REVIEW

1. Organizing the electrophysiology laboratory and training requirements
   Stefan Ailoaei, Daniel Gafitescu, Elisabeta Hurjui, Elena Parvu, Sorin Balasa, Robert Alexandru, Liviu Stoica, Gabriela Creanga, Mihaela Grecu
2. Non-pharmacological and non-ablative treatment for atrial fibrillation: „easy” tips for our patients
   Bogdan Enache, Decebal Gabriel Latcu, Naïma Zarqane, Nadir Saoudi
3. Epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation – the contemporary perspective based on experience of Heart Center Bad Neustadt
   Elena Ene, Karin Nentwich, Philipp Halbfaß, Kai Sonne, Arthur Berkovitz, Thomas Deneke
4. Risk markers in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
   Monica Chivulescu, Øyvind H. Lie, Kristina H. Haugaa, Ruxandra Jurcut

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Left atrial function – novel ecocardiographic markers for detecting atrial fibrillation in hypertensives
   Ioana Petre, Silvia Iancovici, Sebastian Onciul, Oana Florentina Tautu, Alexandrina Nastasa, Maria Dorobantu
2. Left ventricle radial contraction pattern is altered by right ventricular pacing in patients with heart failure and baseline intraventricular dyssynchrony
   Radu-Gabriel Vatasescu, Alexandra Vasile, Corneliu Iorgulescu, Dana Constantinescu, Cristina Caldararu, Dragos Cozma, Maria Dorobantu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Left atrial mural septic metastasis complicated by endogenous endophthalmitis
   Aura Elena Vijiiac, Alexandra Gabriela Nestoruc, Silvia Iancovici, Sebastian Onciul, Maria Dorobantu
2. Situs inversus totalis and cardiac rhythm/conduction disorders
   Miruna Ocos, Lucian Petrescu, Cristina Vacarescu, Cristian Mornos, Emilia-Violeta Goanta, Simina Crisan, Oana Patru, Nicolae Catalin, Dragos Cozma
3. Long term follow-up after radiofrequency catheter ablation in a patient with electrical storm and scleroderma
   Mihaela Grecu, Alina Cristina Simion, Otilia Apetrei, Iuliana Ardeleanu, Catalina Marina Arsenescu, Cristian Statescu
4. What is really kinky: resistant hypertension and kinking of aorta
   Irina Iuliana Costache, Dan Iliescu, Adriana Ion, Razvan Miftode, Amalia Darie, Ana Maria Buburuz, Antoniu Octavian Petris
5. Kounis syndrome. Allergic acute coronary syndrome after hornet stings (Vespa Crabro). A case report
   Priscilla Pasc, Ioana Alexandra Cote, Mircea Ioachim Popescu

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Can you guess what map is that?
   Elena Parvu, Stefan Ailoaie, Daniel Gafitescu, Liviu Marian Stoica, Gabriela Creanga, Mihaela Grecu

GUIDELINES

1. 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

AGENDA

1. National and international cardiology agenda 2018

SUPPLEMENT 2018

REVIEW

1. Atherosclerosis: an update
   Nicu Catana, Mihaela Rugina
2. Review of the evidence for renal sympathetic denervation
   Claudiu Stoicescu, Maria Luiza Luchian, Vladimir Bratu, Dragos Vinereanu

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. The activity of the Interventional Cardiology Centers in Romania: a 2017 overview and 2014-2017 trends
   Lucian Predescu, Marin Postu
2. Same day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention is a suitable option for selected non-high risk patients
   Stefan Mot, Mihai Cocoi, Alexandra-Florina Cocoi, Razvan Mada, Serban Adela
3. Short-term clinical follow-up of the treatment of aortic coarctation with a new generation of device
   Artiom Surev, Grib Andrei, Esanu Andrei, Marcel Abras, Calenici Eugen, Damascan Stefan, Ion Popovici
4. Six-month clinical follow- up of the self-apposing coronary stent system in patients with hemodynamically significant stenosis of unprotected left main
   Artiom Surev, Marcel Abras, Andrei Grib, Cristina Gheorghiu, Ion Popovici
5. Right ventricular systolic longitudinal function decreases early after low dose doxorubicin treatment in children and is linked to the decrease in left ventricle ejection fraction
   Letitia-Elena Radu, Ioana Adriana Ghiorghiu, Dan Mihai Dorobantu, Alina Oprescu, Carmen Ginghina, Constantin-Virgiliu Arion, Anca Colita, Bogdan A. Popescu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. De Winter syndrome – clinical case
   Catalin Usurelu, Elvis Botu, Daniel Blajan
2. Balancing the bleeding and thrombotic risk in post-infarction patient management
   Vlad Vintila, Vladimir Bratu, Dragos Vinereanu
3. Uncomplicated acute Stanford B aortic dissection treated by stent grafts and bare-metal stent implantation
   Viorel Nicolae, Ayman Elkahlout, Razvan Constantin Serban
4. EVAR limb thrombosis, solved through rotational thrombectomy and conventional percutaneous angioplasty
   Elvis Gabriel Botu, Horia Traila, Catalin Usurelu, Marin Postu, Dirk Dreyer

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. Severe self-apposing stent deformation investigated by intravascular ultrasound
   Marin Postu, Lucian Predescu
2. Complete revascularization after failed coronary artery bypass graft surgery
   Marin Postu, Lucian Predescu, Peep Laanmets, Ion Bostan, Carmen Ginghina, Mircea I. Coman

GUIDELINES

1. 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

AGENDA

1. National and international cardiology agenda 2018

REVIEW

1. Interventional treatment of pulmonary hypertension: an update
   Eliza Cinteza

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Clinical profile and management in non-valvular atrial fibrillation and heart failure patients
   Otilia Anca Tica, Ovidiu Tica, Romina Tor, Adrian Hatos, Ioana Cote, Mihnea Nichita Brendea, Larisa Rosan, Livia Mihele, Madalina Moisi, Mircea-Ioachim Popescu
2. Histopathological and clinical aspects in dilated cardiomyopathies
   Ovidiu Tica, Otilia- Anca Tica, Elena Rosca, Larisa Rosan, Vlad Pantea, Romina Tor, Mircea Ioan Sandor, Ioana Ignat-Romanul, Adrian Hatos, Mircea-Ioachim Popescu
3. Blood pressure in controlled hypertensive patients during exercise stress tests
   Maria Viorela Dobroiu, Ion Relu Ondin Zaharia, Diana Cornelia Nistorescu, Camelia Nicolae, Ioan Tiberiu Nanea

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Identification of the occurrence of cardiotoxic effects by assessing left ventricular dysfunction and vascular remodeling parameters in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
   Anda Militaru, Marius Militaru, Mircea Iurciuc, Maria Delamarian, Petru Matusz, Daniel Lighezan
2. Advanced atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia
   Larisa Anghel, Liviu Macovei, Cristina Prisacariu, Catalina Arsenescu Georgescu
3. Multimodality imaging of a papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve – case report
   Adela Serban, Nicoleta Batrana, Adrian Molnar, Emese Kovacs
4. Complex cardiovascular disease after Hodgkin lymphoma treatment
   Lucia Cojocaru, Luminita Matei, Andreea Cuculici, Ionut Bulbuc, Ioan Mircea Coman, Marius Toringhibel

IMAGES IN CARDIOLOGY

1. A giant aneurysm of abdominal aorta
   Costica Baba, Mihai Ursu, Narcis Filipescu, Diana Tint

GUIDELINES

1. 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

AGENDA

1. National and international cardiology agenda 2018