Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 30 No 3 (May/June 2019)

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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 30, No 3, MAY/JUNE 2019
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
EDITORIAL
133 Cardiac rehabilitation delivery in Africa
M Heine • K Turk-Adawi • M Supervia • W Derman • F Lopez-Jimenez • P Naidoo • SL Grace
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
138 The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study: how important is physical
activity in youth for later health? (ELS 33)
HCG Kemper • KD Monyeki
142 Ellisras Longitudinal Study 2017: the association of fat patterning with blood pressure
in Polokwane private schoolchildren aged five to 15 years (ELS 22)
RN Mbelege • KD Monyeki • SM Monyeki • TM Tlou • JML Monyeki
146 Ellisras Longitudinal Study 2017: childhood underweight and blood pressure status in a
rural black population of South Africa (ELS 26)
PM Mphekgwana • HM Makgopa • KD Monyeki • JM Malatji • TE Mabila
151 Effect of time delay of PDA closure on the aortic stiffness index and its relationship
with cardiac function
SM Elsaughier • R Ghaleb • H Mansour
157 Coronary angiographic findings in dilated cardiomyopathy in a sub-Saharan African
population
R N’Guetta • H Yao • E Ehouman • A Ekou • J-B Anzouan-Kacou • I Coulibaly • M-L Hauhouot-
Attoungbre • E Kramoh • Y Yapobi • R Seka
162 Delayed angioplasty is superior to an emergency strategy in ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction patients who present late and with infarct artery spontaneous
reperfusion before intervention
M Li • Z Wu • Y Yuan • L Feng • Y Lao • Z Guo