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CONTENTS
VOL 23, NO 6. JULY 2012
Your Life and Your Heart
345 Focus on omega-3 PUFAs in heart failure
J Aalbers
Conference Reports
348 Hypertension, chronic kidney disease, atrial fibrillation and the newer anticoagulants:
Prof Brian Rayner comments
G Hardy
Faculty of Consulting Physicians of South Africa
350 Saving brain with dabigatran
J Aalbers • G Hardy
351 Managing neuropathic pain: first expert recommendation for South Africa places
emphasis on stepwise pharmacological intervention
J Aalbers
355 Rheumatoid arthritis management options for 2012
J Aalbers
356 Benefit versus risk in the use of non-selective NSAIDs and selective COX-2 inhibitors
J Aalbers
Drug Trends
357 ORIGIN trial shows safety and efficacy of insulin glargine
L Lombard • L Distiller • J Aalbers
360 SHI
f
T: ivabradine’s additional clinical benefits regardless of background beta-blocker dose
J Aalbers
PUBLISHED ONLINE
(Available on
and in Pubmed)
Cardiovascular Topics
e1 p53 negatively regulates the osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells
in mice with chronic kidney disease
K Li • J Chen • Z Li • J Zhan • L Zhao • Y He
Case Reports
e10 Successful emergency double valve repair operation during acute aortic dissection type A
T Adademir • A Tuncer • M Ozkokeli • A Sasmazel • H Erdem • R Zeybek
e12 Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to coarctation of the aorta was completely resolved
after stent implantation
Mt Ağaç • Z Acar • R Akdemir • L Korkmaz • A Kiriş • Ar Akyüz • H Erkan
e14 A rare case of spontaneous rectus sheath haematoma in a patient with mechanical
prosthetic aortic and mitral valves
A Aykan • A Oguz • M Yildiz • M Özkan
e16 Sustained idiopathic ventricular tachycardia originating from the posteroseptal tricuspid
annulus
T Celik • B Bugan • S Kose • UC Yuksel • A Iyisoy • HK Kabul • H Kursaklioglu • E Isik
e19 LEOPARD syndrome
PL Massoure • C Latremouille • G Lamblin • F Leca
