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CONTENTS
Vol 30, No 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019
45 Intracoronary or intravenous abciximab after aspiration thrombectomy in patients with
STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention
A Bedjaoui • K Allal • MS Lounes • CE Belhadi • A Mekarnia • S Sediki • M Kara • A Azaza •
J-J Monsuez • S Benkhedda
52 Cardiovascular risk factors among people living with HIV in rural Kenya: a clinic-based
study
K Juma • R Nyabera • S Mbugua • G Odinya • M Ngunga • D Zakus • G Yonga
57 Long-segment patchplasty of diffuse left anterior descending artery disease on the
beating heart
E Kaya • O Isik
REVIEW ARTICLE
61 A diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease in
resource-limited settings: can busy clinicians adopt a simple, practical approach?
A Dzudie • AP Kengne • K Lamont • BS Dzekem • LN Aminde • MH Abanda • F Thienemann •
K Sliwa
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on and in PubMed)
CASE REPORTS
e1 Delayed left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm after post-infarction repair of ventricular
septal defect
Y-S Song • S-H Seol • S-H Kim • D-K Kim • K-H Kim • D-I Kim • H-J Jun
e4 Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a combined thrombophilia patient
H Akbayrak • H Tekumit