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Editorial BOARD
The
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
,
incorporating the
Cardiovascular
Journal of South Africa
, is published six
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CONTENTS
VOL 22, NO 6. NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2011
Review Article
330 Potential increasing rates of hypertension in women of childbearing age and during
pregnancy – be prepared!
J Moodley
Case Reports
335 A rare complication after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Ogilvie’s syndrome
A Guler • MA Sahin • K Atilgan • M Kurkluoglu • U Demirkilic
337 Anaesthesia for emergency Caesarean section in a patient with peripartum
cardiomypathy
B Osinaike • J Ogah
340 Diagnostic assessment of prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis by real-time three-
dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography and successful thrombolytic treatment
H Morais • T Martins • J Roberto • F Cáceres-Lóriga
Drug Trends
344 Dramatic reductions in plaque volumes on maximum statin therapy
345 Raft of rivaroxaban good news from the USA, implications for South African clinical
practice
348 Medical devices in cardiovascular medicine
Published online
(Available on
and in Pubmed)
A giant pericardial cyst
İ Kaklikkaya
DOI: 10:5830/CVJA-2010-076
Right common iliac artery stenosis and stent insertion in Behçet’s disease
Z Ulusan • AS Karadag • A Harman • F Boyvat • S Bilgic
DOI: 10:5830/CVJA-2010-077
Percutaneous closure of a tricuspid paravalvular leak with an Aamplatzer duct occluder II
via antegrade approach
A Iyisoy • H Kursaklioglu • T Celik • O Baysan • M Celik
DOI: 10:5830/CVJA-2010-079
