| EDITORIAL | 5 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS | 6 |
| Vascular calcification is not associated with increased ambulatory central aortic systolic pressure in prevalent dialysis patients | 6 |
| Atrial electromechanical coupling intervals in pregnant subjects | 17 |
| An analysis of real-world cost-effectiveness of TA VI in South Africa | 23 |
| Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and determination of optimal cut-off values of waist circumference in university employees from Angola | 29 |
| Echocardiographic estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in patients with mitral valve stenosis | 36 |
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | 10 |
| INDUSTRY NEWS | 42 |
| CASE REPORTS - PUBLISHED ONLINE | 43 |
| Chronic dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta developed in a patient who had rejected surgical treatment for type II acute ascending aortic dissection three years earlier | 43 |
| Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy due to repetitive monomorphic ventricular ectopy in association with isolated left ventricular non-compaction | 47 |
| Successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a centenarian patient with acute myocardial infarction | 50 |