Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 28 No 2 (March/April 2017)

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CONTENTS
Vol 28, No 2, MARCH/APRIL 2017
112 Presentation and mortality of patients hospitalised with acute heart failure in Botswana
JC Mwita • MJ Dewhurst • MGMD Magafu • M Goepamang • B Omech • KL Majuta •
M Gaenamong • TB Palai • M Mosepele • Y Mashalla
118 The effect of proximal anastomosis on the expansion rate of a dilated ascending aorta
in coronary artery bypass surgery: a prospective study
U Vural • AY Balcı • R Aksoy • MDF Özdemir • S Satılmı ş • M Kızılay • M Şenocak •
H Ş a şkın • İ Kayacıo ğlu • İ Yekeler
Review Article
125 The integrated effect of moderate exercise on coronary heart disease
MJ Mathews • EH Mathews • GE Mathews
Case Report
134 Pacemaker syndrome with sub-acute left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient
with a dual-chamber pacemaker: consequence of lead switch at the header
MR Khurwolah • BZ Vezi
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on and in PubMed)
Case Report
e1 Successful surgical treatment of a subtotal descending aortic occlusion
M Puślecki • B Perek • S Stefaniak • A Siniawski • G Oszkinis • M Jemielity