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Editorial: Radiation safety: time to act
5

Cardiovascular Topics
7

Resveratrol did not alter blood pressure in rats with nitric oxide synthase-inhibited hypertension
7

Prevalence of selected cardiometabolic risk factors among adults in urban and semi-urban hospitals in four sub-Saharan African countries
13

Assessment of myocardial repolarisation parameters in patients with familial Mediterranean fever
20

Saliva/serum ghrelin, obestatin and homocysteine levels in patients with ischaemic heart disease
25

The effects of treatment in patients with childhood asthma on the elastic properties of the aorta
31

Training community health workers to screen for cardiovascular disease risk in the community: experiences from Cape Town, South Africa
36

Effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting on North African children’s heart rate and oxy-haemoglobin saturation at rest and during sub-maximal exercise
42

Assessment of indirect inflammatory markers in patients with myocardial bridging
48

Symptom-to-balloon time and myocardial blush grade are predictors of left ventricular remodelling after successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention
52

Telmisartan decreases microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus following coronary artery bypass grafting
57

Perceptions of radiation safety training among interventionalists in South Africa
62

Review Article
67

Xanthine oxidase inhibitors in ischaemic heart disease
67

Case Report
71

Persistent left superior vena cava
71

A rare cause of early repolarisation in an adolescent boy with chest pain: myocardial bridging
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