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