EDITORIAL
Chronic Heart Failure with Normal Contractility
Mircea CINTEZA

ORIGINAL PAPERS
The Romanian National Registry of non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes – Design and Rationale
Alexandru George COTOBAN, Cristian Alexandru UDROIU, Dragos VINEREANU

Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Pregnant Women with Inherited Thrombophilia
Livia Florentina TRASCA, Elena POENARU, Natalia PATRASCU, Ramona BRUJA, Octavian MUNTEANU, Monica CIRSTOIU, Dragos VINEREANU

Traditional and Non-traditional Clinical and Biochemical Risk Factors for Altered Kidney Function in Type II Diabetes mellitus Patients
Violeta Valentina GHERDAN, Amorin Remus POPA

Genetic Polymorphism of MBL 2 in Patients with Allergic Bronchial Asthma
Simona BORTA, Romana POPETIU, Imola DONATH-MIKLOS, Maria PUSCHITA

The Changes in Upper Airway Volume after Orthognathic Surgery Evaluated by Individual Segmentation on CBCT Images
Cosmin Ioan FAUR, Raluca Ancuta ROMAN, Simion BRAN, Cristian DINU, Alina COCLICI, Horatiu ROTARU, Mihaela HEDESIU

Combination of TENS, Lidocaine Injections and Muscle Manipulations as a Therapeutic Method for Cervicogenic Headache – Pilot Study
Pavlos GARINIS, Alexandrina NIKOVA, Theodossios BIRBILIS

Investigating Nurses’ Knowledge about Preeclamptic Patients' Care in a Tertiary Care Centre in Romania
Carmen Liliana SOGGIU-DUTA, Diana POPOVICI, Eduard CRAUCIUC, Dragos CRAUCIUC, Nicolae SUCIU

Environmental Factors in Romanian and Belgian Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease – a Retrospective Comparative Study
Carmen Monica PREDA, Teodora MANUC, Doina ISTRATESCU, Edouard LOUIS, Cristian BAICUS, Irina SANDRA, Mircea DICULESCU, Catherine REENAERS, Catherine van KEMSEKE, Maria NITESCU, Cristian TIERANU, Corina Georgiana SANDU, Gabriela OPREA-CALIN, Letitia TUGUI, Siyana VIZIRU, Cosmin-Alexandru CIORAa, Liliana-Simona GHEORGHE, Mircea MANUC

The Effectiveness of Group Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Emotion Cognitive Regulation Strategies in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum
Masoumeh SALIMI, Abed MAHDAVI, Shahrbanoo Sepehr YEGHANEH, Maryam ABEDIN, Mansoureh HAJHOSSEINI

Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management in Postcholecistectomy Alithiasic Cholangitis. A retrospective study
Mariana UNGUR, Aurel Petru BABES

Prominent Pancreatic Lipase Inhibition and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of a Myristica fragrans Ethanolic Extract in vitro. Potential Role in Obesity Treatment
Yakaiah VANGOORI, Anusha DAKSHINAMOORTHI, S. KAVIMANI

Misoprostol and Isosorbide Mononitrate for Cervical Ripening before Hysteroscopy: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Zahra SHAHRAKI, Yasin GANJALI, Mahsa GHAJARZADEH

The Effect of Sustained Lung Inflation on Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm Infants Born in Shahid Sadoughi Hospital during 2018
Mohammad Hossein LOOKZADEH, Hanieh BAKHSHAYESH, Mahmood Noori SHADKAM, Elnaz SHEIKHPOUR

Metabolic Disorders in Iranian Children with Urolithiasis
Sayed Yousef MOJTAHEDI, Arash ABBASI, Anahita IZADI, Fahimeh Shahsavari ALAVIJE, Daryoush FAHIMI

A Patented Blend Consisting of a Combination of Vitex agnus-castus Extract, Lepidium meyenii (Maca) Extract and Active Folate, a Nutritional Supplement for Improving Fertility in Women
Edu ANTOINE, Sergiu CHIRILA, Cristina TEODORESCU

STATE OF THE ART
Outcome of Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer
Danilo COCO, Silvana LEANZA

Psychological Stress and Depression in Psoriasis Patients – a Dermatologist’s Perspective
Haris Marios RIGAS, Stefana BUCUR, Diana Maria CIURDUC, Iuliana Elena NITA, Maria Magdalena CONSTANTIN

Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children: a Comprehensive Review
Sanaz MEHRABANI

CASE REPORTS
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome – Case report
Mariana COSTIN, Eliza CINTEZA, Mihaela BALGRADEAN

Differential Diagnosis of Polyhydramnios in a Patient with Gestational Diabetes and Structurally Abnormal Fetus
Nicolae GICA, Dominic Gabriel ILIESCU, Corina MAT, Anca Maria PANAITESCU, Gheorghe PELTECU, Alina VEDUTA

First Report of a pCys194Arg Notch 3 Mutation in a Romanian CADASIL Patient with Transient Ischemic Attacks and Patent Foramen Ovale - Case Report and Brief Review
Adriana Octaviana DULAMEA, Ioan Cristian LUPESCU, Ioana Gabriela LUPESCU

HISTORY IN MEDICINE
Environmental and Medical Aspects Related to the Sixth Plague of Egypt
Elias E. MAZOKOPAKIS, Christos G. KARAGIANNIS