Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 31 No 6 (November/December 2020)

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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 31, No 6, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
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
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
285 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
286 The safety and efficacy of pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis in lower-extremity deep
venous thrombosis
E Khalil • S Ozcan
291 NT-proBNP and metabolic risk factors in a bi-ethnic cohort: the Ambulatory Blood
Pressure in African prospective cohort study
A Jujić • O Melander • PM Nilsson • L Malan • A Fedorowski • M Magnusson
298 The contribution of plasma uric acid to the risk of stroke in hypertensive populations
J Shi • G Yan • L Cao • X Li • Y Zhang • S Zhao • C Wang • J Ma • X Peng • H Chen • F Hu •
R Wang
304 Relationship between physical activity and carotid intima–media thickness among
teachers in South Africa: the SABPA study
T Veldsman • M Swanepoel • A Monyeki • S Brits • L Malan
314 Determination of optimal cut-off values for waist circumferences used for the diagnosis
of the metabolic syndrome among Batswana adults (ELS 32)
DM Tladi • L Mokgatlhe • S Shaibu • T Nell • R Michell • CJ Mokgothu • T Gabonthone •
O Hubona
319 Prognostic value of admission hyperglycaemia in black Africans with acute coronary
syndromes: a cross-sectional study
H Yao • A Ekou • T Niamkey • C Touré • C Guenancia • I Kouamé • C Gbassi • CC Konin •
R N’Guetta