Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 27 No 6 (November/December 2016)
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From the Desk |
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Measuring publication impact, and publishing and funding models |
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Editorial |
6 |
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The importance of perseverance, pilot studies and the search for effective adjuvant therapies in the management of tuberculous pericarditis |
6 |
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Cardiovascular Topics |
8 |
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Should patients undergo ascending aortic replacement with concomitant cardiac surgery? |
8 |
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Procedural and one-year clinical outcomes of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for the treatment of chronic total occlusions: a single-centre experience |
15 |
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A prospective investigation into the effect of colchicine |
20 |
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Epidemiology and patterns of hypertension in semi-urban communities, south-western Nigeria |
26 |
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Uncontrolled hypertension among patients managed in primary healthcare facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
31 |
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Determinants of change in body weight and body fat distribution over 5.5 years in a sample of free-living black South African women |
37 |
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The differential effects of FTY720 on functional recovery and infarct size following myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion |
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Cortisol:brain-derived neurotrophic factor ratio associated with silent ischaemia in a black male cohort: the SA BPA study |
57 |
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Congress Report |
62 |
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European Society of Cardiology congress update, Rome, 27–31 August 2016 |
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Consensus Guidelines |
69 |
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SAS CI/SCTSSA joint consensus statement and guidelines on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in South Africa |
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Case Report |
71 |
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A circumflex coronary artery-to-right atrial fistula in a 10-month-old child |
71 |