Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 27 No 4 (July/August 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 4, JULY/AUGUST 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
207 Fromthe Editor’s Desk
P Commerford
Cardiovascular Topics
208 Fine-tuning management of the Heart Assist 5 left ventricular assist device with two- and
three-dimensional echocardiography
ZT Demirozu • N Arat • DS Kucukaksu
213 Sirtuin 1 rs1467568 and rs7895833 in South African Indians with early-onset coronary
artery disease
P Ramkaran • A Phulukdaree • S Khan • D Moodley • AA Chuturgoon
218 Assessment of the management of acute myocardial infarction patients and their outcomes at
the Nairobi Hospital from January 2007 to June 2009
R Kimeu • C Kariuki
222 Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in children with aortic and pulmonary stenosis
FK Binnetoğlu • K Babao ğlu • Ş G Filiz • E Zengin • G Altun • SÇ Kılıç • N Sarper
228 Correlation analysis between ApoM gene-promoter polymorphisms and coronary heart disease
Y Zhang • L-Z Huang • Q-L Yang • Y Liu • X Zhou
238 Clinical features and patency rates of Remedy ® biodegradable peripheral stents
SK Tiryakioglu • O Tiryakioglu • O Karahan • S Demirtas • F Gokalp • K Erkoc • H Özkan • A Ozyazicioglu
242 Humoral immune response and coated or uncoated oxygenators during cardiopulmonary
bypass surgery
SO Karakisi • AG Kunt • Ş Bozok • İ Çankaya • M Kocakulak • U Muşabak • MF Sargon • Ş Ergene •
G İlhan • H Karamustafa • N Tufekci • E Şener
246 High aortic pulse-wave velocity may be responsible for elevated red blood cell distribution width
in overweight and obese people: a community-based, cross-sectional study
IH Altiparmak • ME Erkus • A Kocarslan • H Sezen • O Gunebakmaz • Y Sezen • Z Kaya • A Yildiz •
R Demirbag