Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 29 No 2 (March/April 2018)

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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 29, No 2, MARCH/APRIL 2018
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
67 From the Editor’s Desk
P Commerford
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
68 Stroke distribution patterns and characteristics in Kenya’s leading public health tertiary
institutions: Kenyatta National Hospital and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
L Kaduka • A Korir • CO Oduor • J Kwasa • J Mbui • S Wabwire • R Gakunga • N Okerosi •
Y Opanga • I Kisiang’ani • MR Chepkurui • E Muniu • SC Remick
73 Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, diabetes and
hypercholesterolaemia among adults in Dande municipality, Angola
JM Pedro • M Brito • H Barros
82 Assessment of left atrial function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with a
disease duration of six months
O Gulmez • H Parildar • O Cigerli • N Demirağ
88 Upper limb ischaemia: a South African single-centre experience
T du Toit • K Manning • NG Naidoo
93 Comparison of carotid intima–media thickness and coronary artery calcium score for
estimating subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with fatty liver disease
H-J Kim • H-B Park • Y Suh • Y-H Cho • E-S Hwang • D-K Cho • T-Y Choi
98 Participation in research improves overall patient management: insights from the
Global Rheumatic Heart Disease registry (REMEDY)
EA Prendergast • S Perkins • ME Engel • B Cupido • V Francis • A Joachim • M Al Kebsi •
F Bode-Thomas • A Damasceno • A Abul Fadl • A El Sayed • B Gitura • N Kennedy •
A Ibrahim • J Mucumbitsi • AM Adeoye • J Musuku • E Okello • T Olunuga • S Sheta •
B Mayosi • LJ Zühlke • for the REMEDY investigators