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Editorial: Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy: the South African perspective
5

Cardiovascular Topics
6

The importance of cardiovascular pathology contributing to maternal death: Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in South Africa, 2011–2013
6

Electrocardiographic predictors of peripartum cardiomyopathy
12

Review Articles
17

Pre-eclampsia: its pathogenesis and pathophysiolgy
17

Pre-conception counselling for key cardiovascular conditions in Africa: optimising pregnancy outcomes
25

Medical disease as a cause of maternal mortality: the pre-imminence of cardiovascular pathology
30

Physiological changes in pregnancy
35

Diagnosing cardiac disease during pregnancy: imaging modalities
41

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: what the physician needs to know
50

Valvular heart disease in pregnancy
57

Assessing perinatal depression as an indicator of risk for pregnancy-associated cardiovascular disease
65

Case Reports
69

Pregnancy and childbirth in a patient after multistep surgery and endovascular treatment of cardiovascular disease
69