Editors
Editor-in-Chief (South Africa)
PROF AJ BRINK
Assistant Editor
Prof JAMES KER (jun)
(South Africa)
Regional Editor (Cameroon)
Prof JC Mbanya
Regional Editor (Kenya)
Dr F Bukachi
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
Editorial Board
prof PA Brink
Experimental & Laboratory Cardiology
PROF R DELPORT
Chemical Pathology
PROF MR ESSOP
Haemodynamics, Heart Failure &
Valvular Heart Disease
DR OB FAMILONI
Clinical Cardiology
DR V GRIGOROV
Invasive Cardiology & Heart Failure
PROF J KER (sen)
Hypertension, Cardiomyopathy,
Cardiovascular Physiology
DR J LAWRENSON
Paediatric Heart Disease
PROF A LOCHNER
Biochemistry/Laboratory Science
PROF BM MAYOSI
Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease
DR MT MPE
Cardiomyopathy
PROF DP NAIDOO
Echocardiography
PROF B RAYNER
Hypertension/Society
PROF MM SATHEKGE
Nuclear Medicine/Society
PROF YK SEEDAT
Diabetes & Hypertension
PROF H DU T THERON
Invasive Cardiology
International Advisory
Board
PROF DAVID CELEMAJER
Australia (Clinical Cardiology)
PROF KEITH COPELIN FERDINAND
USA (General Cardiology)
DR SAMUEL KINGUE
Cameroon (General Cardiology)
DR GEORGE A MENSAH
USA (General Cardiology)
PROF WILLIAM NELSON
USA (Electrocardiology)
DR ULRICH VON OPPEL
Wales (Cardiovascular Surgery)
PROF PETER SCHWARTZ
Italy (Dysrhythmias)
PROF ERNST VON SCHWARZ
USA (Interventional Cardiology)
Publishing Consultant
Mike Gibbs
AFRICA
ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED AND SABINET
VOL 22, NO 4. JULY / AUGUST 2011
Editorial
172 Dismal management of hypertension at primary level: does it reflect a failure of patients,
a failure of the system or a failure of doctors?
NBA Ntusi
Cardiovascular Topics
175 Proteomic analysis of mitochondrial proteins in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes
MF Essop • WA Chan • S Hattingh
179 Late surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot
JCT Tchoumi • JC Ambassa • A Giamberti • S Cirri • A Friqiola • G Butera
182 Colour M-mode superiority in evaluation of improvement in myocardial performance
indices following successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
R Sattarzadeh • M Maleki • A Jamalian • A Amirpour • A Firuzi • N Samiei • ME Zadeh •
A Ghorbani, A Tavoosi
186 Health practitioners’ state of knowledge and challenges to effective management of
hypertension at primary level
A Parker • B Nagar • G Thomas • M Badri • NBA Ntusi
190
William Nelson ECG Quiz
Review Article
191 The state of heart disease in Sudan
A Suliman
Case Reports
197 Progressive human immunodeficiency virus-associated vasculopathy: time to revise
antiretroviral therapy guidelines?
NBA Ntusi • D Taylor • NG Naidoo • M Mendelson
201 Subclavian crush syndrome: a cause of pacemaker lead fracture
F Femenia • JCL Diez • M Arce • A Baranchuk
