CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 23, No 7, August 2012
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AFRICA
South African Heart Association Congress
The
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
’s independent panel awarded the best scientific article published in 2011
to Carla Fourie from North-West University at the gala dinner for her article ‘Is HIV-1 infection associated with
endothelial dysfunction in a population of African ancestry in South Africa?’ Prof Lionel Opie, of UCT presented
the award on behalf of the Journal
.
Dr Graham Cassel, Johannesburg (left) and Prof B Gersh
take a break between presentations.
Lesego Parkies and Dr Naren Jairam from Bayer (SA)
with their campaign poster Sign Against Stroke, a global
patient awareness campaign to treat atrial fibrillation
comprehensively in order to reduce incidence of stroke.
The
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
recently attended the 13th annual SA Heart congress, which was held at Sun City from
19–22 July. Below are photos of some of the delegates and exhibitors.
