Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 27 No 2 (March/April 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 2, MARCH/APRIL 2016
Editors
Editor-in-Chief
(South Africa)
Prof Pat Commerford
Guest Editor
prof karen sliwa
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
Editorial
59 Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy: the South African perspective
J Anthony • A Sarkin • K Sliwa
Cardiovascular Topics
60 The importance of cardiovascular pathology contributing to maternal death:
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in South Africa, 2011–2013
P Soma-Pillay • J Seabe • K Sliwa
66 Electrocardiographic predictors of peripartum cardiomyopathy
KM Karaye • K Lindmark • MY Henein
Review Articles
71 Pre-eclampsia: its pathogenesis and pathophysiolgy
P Gathiram • J Moodley
79 Pre-conception counselling for key cardiovascular conditions in Africa: optimising
pregnancy outcomes
L Zühlke • L Acquah
84 Medical disease as a cause of maternal mortality: the pre-imminence of cardiovascular
pathology
AO Mocumbi • K Sliwa • P Soma-Pillay
89 Physiological changes in pregnancy
P Soma-Pillay • C Nelson-Piercy • H Tolppanen • A Mebazaa
95 Diagnosing cardiac disease during pregnancy: imaging modalities
NAB Ntusi • P Samuels • S Moosa • AO Mocumbi
104 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: what the physician needs to know
J Anthony • A Damasceno • D Ojjii