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From the Editor's Desk
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Editorial: Warfarin: better the devil you know
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Cardiovascular Topics
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A preliminary review of warfarin toxicity in a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
8

Medication adherence among cardiac patients in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross-sectional study
12

Clinical profile, management and outcomes of patients with pulmonary embolism: a retrospective tertiary centre study in Angola
18

Role of melatonin in glucose uptake by cardiomyocytes from insulin-resistant Wistar rats
24

Prevalence and predictive value of electrocardiographic abnormalities in pulmonary hypertension: evidence from the Pan-African Pulmonary Hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO) study
24

A survey of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors among university employees: a single institutional study
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Relationship between coronary tortuosity and plateletcrit coronary tortuosity and plateletcrit
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The effect of iloprost and sildenafil, alone and in combination, on myocardial ischaemia and nitric oxide and irisin levels
51

Letters to the Editor
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Letter to the Editor
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NT-pro BNP and plasma-soluble ST2 as promising biomarkers for hypertension, hypertensive heart disease and heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa
68

Review Articles
59

The effect of lifestyle interventions on maternal body composition during pregnancy in developing countries: a systematic review
59

Images in Cardiology
66

Unusually aggressive immature neo-intimal hyperplasia causing in-stent restenosis
66

Congress News
70

Case Reports
71

Efficacy of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in a sub-aortic aneurysm case
71

Miller–Fisher syndrome after coronary artery bypass surgery
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