Table of Contents

Editorial. Cardiometabolic Diseases as Determinant Of Dementia
Dominik Pella, Jan Fedacko, Ram B Singh, Viola Vargova, Daniel Pella, Tohru Minamino, and Mira Dewi

Editorial. Effects of Bahavioral Risk Factors, with Reference to Smoking on Cardiomyocyte Dysfunction
Ram B Singh, Tomko Komatsu, Masaichi-Changil Lee, Mira Dewi, and Shaw Watanabe

View Point. Can Dementia Predispose Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes?
Ram B Singh, Narsingh Verma, Anuj Maheswari, Banshi Saboo, Shashank Joshi, Mira Dewi, and Kuniaki Otsuka

The Effects of Chronic Cigarette Smoking on the Right Ventricular Functions in Healthy Young Male Subjects: A Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Study
Samar I. Essa, Muataz F. Hussein, Shaheed H. Idan, and Yaarub S. Dahaam

The Association between TG/HDL-C Ratio and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in the North of Iran
Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Soheil Soltanipour, Fardin Mirbolouk, Arsalan Salari, and Mona Naghshbandi

Atorvastatin Loading before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Down-Regulates Toll-Like Receptor-4 Expression and Ameliorates Myocardial Injury Markers
Sahar A. Majeed, Najah R. Hadi, Khalid I. Amber, Ghizal Fatima, Ahmed N Regeeb, Nasser Ghaly Yousif, Ram B. Singh, and Jaipaul Singh

Effects of Smoking Cessation Intervention on Smoking Status and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases among Subjects Participating in the Smoking Cessation Program
A. Junainah, N. Mohd Said, N.M. Mohamad Haniki, and A.R. Norny Syafinaz

Assessment of the Left Ventricular Mass (LVM) among Patients with Diabetes in Relation to Age Using Doppler Echocardiography
Samar I. Essa and Hind H. Abed

Tertiary Heart Failure Care in the Netherlands: What is the Added Value?
M.P.M. Vester, L.F. Tops, M.L. Antoni, M.E. van Vessem, J. Braun, R.J.M. Klautz, M.J. Schalij, and S.L.M.A. Beeres