In 2016, the World Journal of Cardiology (WJC) has published the 8^th issue which containing 7 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Renal sympathetic denervation in therapy resistant hypertension - pathophysiological aspects and predictors for treatment success”, a Review by Philipp Lurz, MD, PhD, et al from the Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, University of Leipzig - Heart Center, Germany; and (2) “Rationale and design of the cardiorespiratory fitness and hospitalization events in armed forces study in Eastern Taiwan”, an Original Article by Gen-Min Lin, MD, MPH, et al from the Department of Medicine, Hualien-Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan, etc. We invite you to peruse all 7 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress/findings and provide insightful comments in cardiology that will guide basic research and clinical practice in these fields.

This journal is an open-access journal which allows free immediate access to all full-text articles. For details, please visit: Volume 8, Issue 8, August 26, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue.Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Cardiology, Iwona Cicha, PhD, Senior Scientist, Cardiovascular Nanomedicine Unit, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen 91054, Germany

The WJC is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of cardiology. It was launched on December 31, 2009 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world’s leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage cardiologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJC describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue, at: http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/e-journal.htm.