The Romanian Society of Cardiology Board
The Romanian Society of Cardiology Board
The Romanian Society of Cardiology Board
EDITORIAL BOARD
Şerban Bălănescu - Bucureşti Aurel Grosu - Chişinău, Nour Olinic - Cluj-Napoca
Luigi Paolo Badano - Italia R. Moldova Lucian Petrescu - Timişoara
Ion V. Bruckner - Bucureşti Assen R. Goudev - Bulgaria Fausto Pinto - Portugalia
Radu Căpâlneanu - Cluj Anthony Heagerty - Marea Călin Pop - Baia Mare
Alexandru Câmpeanu - Bucureşti Britanie Mariana Rădoi - Braşov
Gheorghe Cerin - Italia Alexandru Ioan - Bucureşti Josep Redon - Spania
Mircea Cinteză - Bucureşti Adina Ionac - Timişoara Willem J. Remme - Olanda
Radu Ciudin - Bucureşti Dan Dominic Ionescu - Michal Tendera - Polonia
D.V. Cokkinos - Grecia Craiova Ion Ţintoiu - Bucureşti
Ioan Mircea Coman - Bucureşti Gabriel Kamensky - Slovacia Panagiotis Vardas - Grecia
G. Andrei Dan - Bucureşti Andre Keren - Israel Margus Viigimaa - Estonia
Dan Deleanu - Bucureşti Michel Komajda - Franţa Dragoş Vinereanu - Bucureşti
Genevieve Derumeaux - Franţa Cezar Macarie - Bucureşti Marius Vintilă - Bucureşti
Doina Dimulescu - Bucureşti Giuseppe Mancia - Italia Dumitru Zdrenghea -
Maria Dorobanţu - Bucureşti Ioan Maniţiu - Sibiu Cluj-Napoca
Ştefan Iosif Drăgulescu - Timişoara Athanasios Manolis - Grecia
Secretary
Guy Fontaine - Franţa Gerald A. Maurer - Austria
Mihaela Sălăgean
Alan Fraser - Anglia Şerban Mihăileanu - Franţa
Cătălina Arsenescu-Georgescu - Florin Mitu - Iaşi Issue editor
Iaşi Peter Nilsson - Suedia Adrian Mereuţă
Leonida Gherasim - Bucureşti Antoniu Octavian Petriş - Iaşi
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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Romanian Journal of Cardiology are those of the authors and do not reflect the position and politics of the Romanian Society of Cardio-
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Vol. 29, No. 3, 2019
ORIGINAL ARTICLES Parameters influencing in-hospital mortality in acutely poisoned patients hospitalized
in a medical or ICU ward: is there an influence of toxin-induced myocardial injury? 404
Catalina Lionte, Cristina Bologa, Ovidiu Petris, Victorita Sorodoc, Alexandra Stoica, Cristina Tuchilus,
Elisabeta Jaba, Adorata Elena Coman, Luminita Vata, Raluca Haliga, Oana Sirbu, Laurentiu Sorodoc
Editorial
The story of the broken soul that ultimately breaks the heart? Parallels and
crossroads in a complex clinical scenario 411
Cezar Iliescu, Saamir Hassan
The workload of the Interventional Cardiology Centers from Romania:
a 2018 overview and 2014-2018 trends 415
Lucian Predescu, Marin Postu
Four-year outcomes of unprotected left main lesion stenting in a Romanian
high-volume PCI-center 422
Lucian M. Predescu, Marin Postu, Lucian Zarma, Adrian C. Bucsa, Pavel Platon, Marian Croitoru, Adrian
Mereuta, Dan M. Dorobantu, Leonard A. Lichiardopol, Alexandra G. Predescu, Carmen Ginghina, Dan E. Deleanu
An observational, prospective study of the pharmaco-invasive strategy approach
to ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the era of primary percutaneous
coronary intervention based on Elias Heart Centre Interventional Registry
(EIRE Study) – the South of Romanian experience 431
Liviu-Nicolae Ghilencea, Andreea–Catarina Popescu, Doina Dimulescu, Sean Maher, Ali Al Hassan,
Adrian Linte, Ionut Stanca, Mihai Melnic, Sergiu Barsan, Cristian Bejan, Laura Arama, Brandusa Zamfirescu,
Stefanita Petrea, Cristian Girgel, Maria-Lorena Roamba, Simona Huidu, Luminita Ionescu, Raluca Aflorii,
Andreea Rachieru, Maria Marinescu, Elena Lechea, Nicoleta Tascan, Livia Trasca, Lavinia Matei,
Adrian Mereuta, Serban Balanescu
DOACs vs warfarin – comparison of efficacy and bleeding risk in patients with
non valvular atrial fibrillation 451
Alina M. Pirlog, Cristian D. Pirlog, Cristian Pop, Marius A. Maghiar
CASE PRESENTATIONS Prinzmetal’s angina with multivessel spasm successfully treated by using two
different categories of calcium channel blockers 458
Anda Ciobanu, Radu Stavaru, Oana Mirea, Petre Ciobanu, Ruxandra Deliu, Octavian Istratoaie, Ionut Donoiu,
Constantin Militaru
Secondary ischemic mitral regurgitation in a young patient – therapeutic approach 464
Adrian Bucsa, Daniela-Noela Radu, Roxana Enache, Monica Rosca, Andreea Calin, Lucian Predescu,
Bogdan A. Popescu
PRACTITIONER'S CORNER Update on MRI safety in patients with stents, prosthetic heart valves and
cardiovascular implantable electronic devices 471
Sebastian Onciul, Radu Nicolaescu, Lucian Predescu, Razvan Capsa, Radu Vatasescu