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CONTENTS
Vol 29, No 5, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
305 The impact of admission cystatin C levels on in-hospital and three-year mortality rates
in acute decompensated heart failure
H Selcuk • MT Selcuk • O Maden • KG Balci • MM Balci • S Tekeli • EH Çetin • A Temizhan
• M Balci • N Karabiber
310 The clinical prognostic significance of myocardial performance index (MPI) in stable
placental-mediated disease
I Bhorat • M Pillay • T Reddy
REVIEW ARTICLES
317 Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of cardiovascular disease
PWA Meyer • R Anderson • JA Ker • MTM Ally
322 The role of novel atherosclerosis markers in peripheral artery disease: is there a
gender difference?
H Comşa • D Zdrenghea • SC Man • D Pop
PASCAR REPORT
331 Development of the certificate course in the management of hypertension in Africa
(CCMH-Africa): proceedings of the first continental faculty meeting, Nairobi, Kenya,
25–26 February 2018
A Dzudie • D Ojji • A Damasceno • MU Sani • E Kramoh • JBA Kacou • B Anisiuba • E Ogola •
M Awad • G Nel • H Otieno • AI Toure • A Kane • AP Kengne • C Ngwasiri • H Ba • S Kingue •
B Mipinda • BE Mbolla • A Weldehana • F Bukachi • B Gitura • B Kitio • B Rayner • AE Shutte •
AO Mocumbi • B Mayosi • A Jose • B Sandeep • M Weber • C Delles • F Cappuccio • H Gamra •
D Prabhakaran • N Poulter • S Subhani • on behalf of the PASCAR task force on hypertension
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on and in PubMed)