ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Volume 46 No. 1, 2008 CONTENTS REVIEWS R. TĂNĂSESCU, ADRIANA NICOLAU, MARINA ŢICMEANU, DIMELA LUCA, SIMONA CARAIOLA, INIMIOARA MIHAELA COJOCARU, A. FRĂSINEANU, R. IONESCU, ADRIANA HRISTEA, AMALIA ENE, RUXANDRA TĂNĂSESCU, C. BĂICUŞ, An Immunological Approach to Cerebral Ischemia. Immune Cells and Adhesion Molecules 3 ANA MARIA VLĂDĂREANU, CRISTINA CIUFU, H. BUMBEA, MINODORA ONISÂI, S. ARAMĂ, An Update on the Platelet Dysfunction in Chronic Myeloproliferative Syndromes ...................................................................................... 9 D. ZDRENGHEA, LAURA POANTĂ, DANA POP, V. ZDRENGHEA, M. ZDRENGHEA, Physical Training – Beyond Increasing Exercise Capacity ........................................................................................................................................... 17 ORIGINAL ARTICLES MARIA DOROBANŢU, ELISABETA BĂDILĂ, S. GHIORGHE, ROXANA DARABONT, M. OLTEANU, P. FLONDOR, Total Cardiovascular Risk Estimation in Romania. Data from the Sephar Study ............................................................. 29 D.M. DUDA-SEIMAN, SILVIA MANCAŞ, D. GAIŢĂ, SIMONA DRĂGAN, DANA VELIMIROVICI, STELA IURCIUC, C.A. SARĂU, M. IURCIUC, MARIA RADA, BILEANA PETCOV, Lifestyle, Cardio-metabolic Risk and Arterial Stiffness ............................................................................................................................................................................ 39 O.S. PLEASCAR, D. COZMA, L. PETRESCU, DANIELA POPA, M. SLOVENSKI, S.I. DRĂGULESCU, Left Atrial Surface Cut Point to Detect Trapezoidal Shape for Characterisation of Atrial Anatomical Remodeling ......................... 47 LUCICA AGOŞTON-COLDEA, L.D. RUSU, RALUCA PAIS, ADRIANA ALBU, M.L. RUSU, TEODORA MOCAN, S. PERNA, The Impact of the Metabolic Syndrome on the Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome ............................ 55 MARIA ILEA, D. ZDRENGHEA, G. BODISZ, ADINA MĂLAI, LILIANA GHEORGHIU, D. PREDESCU, MARIA BEUDEAN, VICTORIA OSSIAN, ELENA GLIGOR, CRISTINA VLAD, DANA POP, E. BOGDAN, R. ROŞU, Cardiac Peptides During Exercise Test in Ischemic and Non-ischemic Heart Failure Patients ........................................ 63 SILVIA MANCAŞ, GEORGETA MIHALAŞ, D. GAIŢĂ, SIMONA DRĂGAN, D.M. DUDA-SEIMAN, C.A. SARĂU, LAVINIA NOVEANU, BILEANA PETCOV, GEORGIANA MANCAŞ, V. IONESCU, MONICA PĂCURAR, Environmental Factors and Cardiovascular Risk in Young Individuals ........................................................................... 69 INIMIOARA MIHAELA COJOCARU, M. COJOCARU, R. TĂNĂSESCU, CECILIA BURCIN, ADINA NICOLETA ATANASIU, ANA MARIA PETRESCU, ANDREEA CRISTINA MITU, IULIA ILIESCU, LAURA DUMITRESCU, Changes in Plasma Levels of Complement in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke ........................................................ 77 T. MOGOŞ, CARMEN DONDOI, Which Dose of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Must be Taken in Different Cases of Hypertriglyceridemia ....................................................................................................................................................... 81 CASE REPORTS I. COPACI, MIHAELA ENACHE, C. JURCUŢ, M. ŞOTCAN, C. CONSTANTINESCU, Polycystic Hepatic Disease .......... 87 A. MIRONIUC, LAVINIA COMES, IOANA CONSTANTINESCU, CLARA MIRONIUC, DANA BONTEA, Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis with Multiple Digital Necrosis in Viral Hepatitis ............................................................................................ 91 ROM. J. INTERN. MED., 2008, 46, 1, 1–96