Editors
Editor-in-Chief (South Africa)
PROF AJ BRINK
Assistant Editor
Prof JAMES KER (JUN)
Regional Editor
DR A Dzudie
Regional Editor (Kenya)
Dr F Bukachi
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
Topic Editors
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
DR MM SATHEKGE
Heart Failure
Dr g visagie
Paediatric
dr s brown
Renal Hypertension
dr brian rayner
Surgical
dr f aziz
Adult Surgery
dr j rossouw
Electrophysiology and Pacing
dr a okreglicki
Epidemiology and
Preventionist
dr ap kengne
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
AFRICA
ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED AND SABINET
VOL 22, NO 6. NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2011
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
Editorial
295 Metabolic syndrome: a definition dilemma
A Ghosh
Cardiovascular Topics
297 Prevalence of asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in hypertensive
Nigerians: echocardiographic study of 832 subjects
OS Ogah • RO Akinyemi • GD Adegbite • OI Udofia • SB Udoh • JO Adesina • OS Ojo •
AA Alabi • T Majekodunmi • JKL Osinfade • RF Ogundipe • AO Falase
303 Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in people of Asian Indian origin: outcomes
by definitions
M Das • S Pal • A Ghosh
306 Down syndrome and congenital heart disease: why the regional difference as observed
in the Libyan experience?
Z Elmagrpy • A Rayani • A Shah • E Habas • EH Aburawi
310 Diagnosis and follow up of patients with primary cardiac tumours: a single-centre
experience of myxomas
S Manduz • N Katrancioğlu • O Karahan • O Yucel • MB Yilmaz
313 Role of stromal-derived factor-1<alpha>/CXCR4 in neo-intimal repair
J Sheng • W-W Cai • N-Y Fang • S-Q Wang • J-J Wu
319 The effect of mebudipine on cardiac function and activity of the myocardial nitric oxide
system in ischaemia–reperfusion injury in rats
R Ghyasi • M Mohammadi • R Badalzadeh • B Rashidi • G Sepehri
324 Analysis of omega-3 fatty acid content of South African fish oil supplements
Maretha Opperman • De Wet Marais • AJ Spinnler Benade
