Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 27 No 1 (January/February 2016)

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ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
Vol 27, No 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
Editors
Editor-in-Chief
(South Africa)
Prof Pat Commerford
Assistant Editor
Prof JAMES KER (JUN)
Regional Editor
DR A Dzudie
Regional Editor (Kenya)
Dr F Bukachi
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
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)
SUBJECT Editors
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
DR MM SATHEKGE
Heart Failure
Dr g visagie
Paediatric
dr s brown
Paediatric Surgery
Dr Darshan Reddy
Renal Hypertension
dr brian rayner
Surgical
dr f aziz
Adult Surgery
dr j rossouw
Epidemiology and Preventionist
dr ap kengne
Pregnancy-associated Heart
Disease
Prof K Sliwa-hahnle
3 From the Editor’s Desk
P Commerford
Cardiovascular Topics
4 Filamin C: a novel component of the KCNE2 interactome during hypoxia
A Neethling • J Mouton • B Loos • V Corfield • C de Villiers • C Kinnear
12 The effect of anatomical factors on mortality rates after endovascular aneurysm repair
D Ay • B Erdolu • G Yumun • A Demir • U Aydin • H Ozkan • K Erkoc • O Tiryakioglu
16 Electrocardiographic abnormalities and dyslipidaemic syndrome in children with sickle
cell anaemia
SA Adegoke • JAO Okeniyi • AA Akintunde
20 Combined effects of FTO rs9939609 and MC4R rs17782313 on elevated nocturnal blood
pressure in the Chinese Han population
Y Sun • J Sun • J Wu • M Yang
25 Left ventricular systolic function in Nigerian children infected with HIV/AIDS:
a cross-sectional study
I Arodiwe • A Ikefuna • E Obidike • E Arodiwe • B Anisuba • N Ibeziako • S Omokoidion • C Okoroma
30 Vascular rings: a radiological review of anatomical variations
IS Ganie • K Amod • D Reddy
37 The change in right ventricular systolic function according to the revascularisation
method used following acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
I Gul • M Zungur • AC Aykan • T Gokdeniz • MB Alkan • A Sayin • A Islamli • M Bilgin •
E Kalaycio ğ lu • T Turan