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CONTENTS
Vol 25, No 5, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014
233 The proposed role of plasma NT pro-brain natriuretic peptide in assessing cardiac
remodelling in hypertensive African subjects
DB Ojji • LH Opie • S Lecour • L Lacerda • OM Adeyemi • K Sliwa
239 Troubleshooting techniques for the Endurant™ device in endovascular aortic
aneurysm repair
GS Georgiadis • GA Antoniou • G Trellopoulos • EI Georgakarakos • C Argyriou • MK Lazarides
244 How to approach aortic valve disease in the elderly: a 25-year retrospective study
E Aydin • OA Yerlikhan • B Tuzun • Y Ozen • S Sarikaya • MK Kirali
Letter to the Editor
249 Efficacy and safety of sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in coronary
artery disease patients with diabetes
J Jing
Conference Report
250 The way forward for clinical research in Cameroon: first scientific and research day in
Douala, 2014
A Dzudie • L Aminde • N Takah • HN Luma • MS Doualla • TN Njamen • EB Priso • AP Kengne •
K Sliwa-Hahnle • AS Nkwescheu • AM Sone
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on Pubmed and in Pubmed Central)
Case Reports
e1 Surgical treatment of post-infarct left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm with on-pump
beating heart technique
K Korkmaz • G Lafçi • HS Gedik • AB Budak • AÜ Yener • AN Ecevit • A Yalçinkaya •
E Kadiroğullari • K Çağ li
e5 Traumatic aortic regurgitation combined with descending aortic pseudoaneurysm
secondary to blunt chest trauma
S Kim • JS Park • SM Yoo • KH Kim • W-I Yang • J-H Sung • IJ Kim • S-W Lim • D-H Cha •
J-Y Moon
e9 Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with isolated non-compaction cardiomyopathy
YI Alihanoglu • ID Kilic • BS Yildiz • M Kartin • H Evrengul
e13 Coronary artery bypass grafting in a Behçet’s disease patient
M Tasar • Z Eyileten • B Arici • A Uysalel