EDITORIAL

1. Strict adherence to the standardized classification of severity of chronic valvular regurgitations by echocardiography into three grades: mild, moderate and severe. Uncertainty is easier but does not help!
   Gian Luigi Nicolosi
2. Divergence between the new guidelines for arterial hypertension
   Ioan Tiberiu Nanea
3. Hypertension and associated cardiovascular risk factors in Romania
   Pr. Sverre E. Kjeldsen

REVIEW

1. Orthostatic arterial hypotension
   Mariana Radoi, Emma Weiss, Elisabeta Badila
2. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
   Cristian Statescu, Radu Sascau, Rodica Radu, Ioana Madalina Zota, Teodor Flaviu Vasilcu, Larisa Anghel

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

1. Prevalence of high-normal blood pressure and associated cardiovascular risk factors among the adult population of Romania: data from the SEPHAR III survey
   Calin Pop, Oana Florentina Gheorghe Fronea, Lavinia Pop, Adriana Iosip, Lucian Dorobantu, Coralia Cotoraci, Cornelia Bala, Dana Pop, Maria Dorobantu
2. LDL-cholesterol goal attainment in light of the 2019 dyslipidemia guidelines
   Ana-Maria Vintila, Irina Iordachescu, Mihaela Horumba
3. Hypertensive crisis at the emergency room – who are the patients? A tertiary center experience
   Ana Maria Balahura, Anamaria Mihailescu, Emma Weiss, Cristina Japie, Elisabeta Badila, Daniela Bartos
4. Which risk score better predicts in-hospital mortality in radical nephrectomies with cavo-atrial thrombectomy
   Anca Dragan, Ioanel Sinescu
5. Acute coronary syndrome with normal coronary arteries in patients with multiple sclerosis: insights from the ARTEMIS study
   Elias J. Gialafos, Theodore G. Papaioannou, Elissavet Andreadou, Spyridon Katsanos, Elias Tsougos, A. Dimitrakopoulos, Panagiotis Kokotis, Kostas Kilindireas, Dimitrios Tousoulis, Maria Anagnostouli
6. Estimation of glomerular filtration rate in type 2 cardiorenal syndrome diagnosis
   Elena Bivol, Livi Grib, Alexandra Grejdieru
7. The impact of prolonged intraoperative hypotension on postoperative outcome in surgical resection of renal tumors with cavo-atrial extension
   Anca Dragan, Ioanel Sinescu

CASE PRESENTATIONS

1. Pyridostigmine induced atrioventricular block in a patient with myasthenia gravis treated with permanent His bundle pacing
   Catalin Pestrea, Alexandra Gherghina, Ramona Magdo-Mina, Florin Ortan
2. The role of imaging in percutaneous interventional occlusion of the left atrial appendage. Case report. Thrombotic material formation on watchman device due to antithrombin-III deficiency
   Dan Cristian Briscan
3. Resistant hypertension – still a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
   Laura Tapoi, Radu A. Sascau, Cristina Cristea, Viorel Scripcariu, Raluca Chistol, Alexandra Clement, Stefan Boca, Larisa Anghel, Cristian Statescu
4. Dysgeusia, from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor to acute kidney injury – a case report
   Mihaela Horumba, Raluca Ciomag, Ana-Maria Vintila

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

1. A word of caution*
   Mihaela-Ioana Dregoesc, Adrian Corneliu Iancu
2. Caution when reading „A word of caution”
   Stefan Dan Cezar Mot

GUIDELINES

1. 2018 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope

AGENDA

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CARDIOLOGY AGENDA 2020