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