Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 28 No 1 (January/February 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 28, No 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017
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
3 From the Editor’s Desk
P Commerford
Cardiovascular Topics
4 Relationship between myocardial performance index and severity of coronary artery
disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome
O Abaci • Ct Kocas • V Oktay • S Arslan • Y Turkmen • C Bostan • U Coskun • A Yildiz •
M Ersanlı
8 Peripartum cardiomyopathy among cardiovascular patients referred for
echocardiography at Parirenyatwa Teaching Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe
ET Gambahaya • J Hakim • D Kao • N Munyandu • J Matenga
14 Non-dipper hypertension is associated with slow coronary flow among hypertensives
with normal coronary angiogram
E Aksit • E Gursul • F Aydin • M Samsa • F Ozcelik
19 Surgical placement of left ventricular lead for cardiac resynchronisation therapy after
failure of percutaneous attempt
M Ezelsoy • M Bayram • S Yazici • N Yazicioglu • E Sagbas
23 Endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness in pre-eclampsia demonstrated by the
EndoPAT method
A Meeme • GAB Buga • M Mammen • A Namugowa
30 A comparison of off- and on-pump beating-heart coronary artery bypass surgery on
long-term cardiovascular events
O Gurbuz • G Kumtepe • A Yolgosteren • H Ozkan • IH Karal • A Ercan • S Ener
36 Myocardial dysfunction in children with intrauterine growth restriction: an
echocardiographic study
K Niewiadomska-Jarosik • J Zamojska • A Zamecznik • A Wosiak • P Jarosik • J Stańczyk