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CONTENTS
VOL 23, NO 8. SEPTEMBER 2012
Review Article
462
The effects of medicinal plants on renal function and blood pressure in diabetes mellitus
CT Musabayane
Letter to the Editor
469
A systematic overview of prospective cohort studies of cardiovascular disease in sub-
Saharan Africa: reply to Bovet
et al
.,
and Gao
et al
.
AP Kengne, BM Mayosi
Drug Trends
471
High patient compliance with nicacin/laropiprant in large clinical trial
J Aalbers
472
Cardio News
PUBLISHED ONLINE
(
Available on
and in Pubmed)
Cardiovascular Topics
e1
Echocardiographic patterns in treatment-naïve HIV-positive patients in Lagos,
south-west Nigeria
DA Olusegun-Joseph • JNA Ajuluchukwu • CC Okany • AC Mbakwem • DA Oke • NU Okubadejo
Case Reports
e7
An unusual embolic complication of percutaneous coronary artery intervention and
simple percutaneous treatment
E Ilhan • Ö Soylu • TS Güvenç • Y Çanga • M Ergelen
e9
Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery
M Durand • ET Nguyen • AM Crean
e11 A case of unexplained cyanosis
P Soma • S Ellemdin
e13 Single coronary artery from the right coronary sinus with
proximal origin of the left anterior descending coronary
artery and left circumflex as distal continuation of the
right coronary artery: a rare variant
V Subban • SM Victor • MS Ajit • L Kalidoss
e15 A young patient with coronary artery anomaly, whose left
anterior descending artery originated from the pulmonary
artery, underwent cardiac arrest
T Sahin • S Bozyel • E Acar • U Bildirici • S Yavuz • O Baris •
E Ural • D Ural
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