Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 27 No 4 (July/August 2016)

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CONTENTS
Vol 27, No 4, JULY/AUGUST 2016
252 Electrocardiographic findings in a cross-sectional study of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
patients in Enugu, south-east Nigeria
BJC Onwubere • PO Njoku • EC Ejim • BC Anisiuba • SO Ike
258 Comparison of primary repair and patch plasty procedure on the P wave in adult atrial septal
defect closure
A Ucak • V Temizkan • M Ugur • AE Yedekci • O Uz • A Selcuk • AT Yilmaz
262 Carotid characteristics of black South Africans with five-year sustained hypertension
M Maritz • CMT Fourie • JM van Rooyen • HW Huisman • AE Schutte
Cardio News
270 Frontline initiatives in early myocardial reperfusion with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on and in Pubmed)
Cardiovascular Topics
e1 Management of arterial hypertension in Cotonou city, Benin: general practitioners’ knowledge,
attitudes and practice
(Prise en charge des hypertendus dans la ville de Cotonou (Bénin) en 2011: connaissances
attitudes et pratiques des médecins généralistes)
LH Codjo • MD Houenassi • D Dokoui • SHM Dohou • A Wanvoegbe • A Agbodande • AC Attinsounon •
A Alassani • S Ahoui • AC Dovonou • TA Adoukonou
Case Reports
e7 A rare giant pericardial cyst mimicking a paracardiac mass
H Akbayrak • S Yildirim • M Simsek • M Oc
e10 Simultaneous presentation of giant aneurysms of the coronary sinus and superior vena cava
Y Cheng • H Gao • Z Zheng • Y Mou
e13 Successful continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation with adjuvant tricuspid
valve repair for advanced heart failure
C Lee • J Wei
e16 An unusual condition during internal jugular vein catheterisation: vertebral artery catheterisation
Ozge Korkmaz • Sabahattin Göksel • Burçak Söylemez • Kasım Durmuş • Ahmet Cemil İşbir • Öcal
Berkan