Editors
Acting Editor in Chief
(South Africa)
Prof PA 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
SUBJECT 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
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
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)
AFRICA
ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
VOL 24, NO 4. MAY 2013
From the Editor’s Desk
103 CVJA position statement
P Brink
Editorial
104 A snapshot of cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the new millennium
AP Kengne • BM Mayosi
Cardiovascular Topics
107 Left atrial appendage closure in patients with atrial fibrillation in whom warfarin is
contra-indicated: initial South African experience
M Abelson
110 Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in three hospital settings in South Africa:
does geography influence management and outcome? A retrospective cohort study
J Moses • AF Doubell • PG Herbst • KJC Klusmann • HSVH Weich
117 Pattern of congestive heart failure in a Kenyan paediatric population
JA Ogeng’o • PM Gatonga • BO Olabu • DK Nyamweya • D Ong’era
121 Comparison of results of autologous versus homologous blood transfusion in open-heart surgery
BS Oz • G Arslan • E Kaya • C Gunay • F Cingoz • M Arslan
124 Benzathine penicillin adherence for secondary prophylaxis among patients affected with
rheumatic heart disease attending Mulago Hospital
C Musoke • CK Mondo • E Okello • W Zhang • B Kakande • W Nyakoojo • J Freers
130 Cardiovascular haemodynamics in pre-eclampsia using brain naturetic peptide and tissue
Doppler studies
S Fayers • J Moodley • DP Naidoo
137 Bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy for primary hyperhydrosis: a review of 335 cases
M Öncel • GS Sunam • E Erdem • Y Dereli • B Tezcan • KG Akyol
