ISSN 1995-1892 (print) ISSN 1680-0745 (online) Cardiovascular Journal of Afr ica www.cvja.co.za CONTENTS INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET Vol 33, No 2, MARCH/APRIL 2022 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 43 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Commerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 44 The effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in patients with infected venous leg ulcers EE Tekin • MA Yeşiltaş • A Uysal • İ Haberal 52 Prevalence, patterns and predictors of dyslipidaemia in Nigeria: a report from the REMAH study B Chori • B Danladi • P Nwakile • I Okoye • U Abdullahi • K Zawaya • I Essien • K Sada • M Nwegbu • J Ogedengbe • A Aje • G Isiguzo • A Odili 60 Outcome of concomitant left atrial ablation during valvular heart surgery: an African perspective D Nyamande • RF Chauke • SM Mazibuko • SP Ramoroko 65 Interleukin-6 and its correlations with maternal characteristics and echocardiographic parameters in pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension and normotensive pregnancy D Gencheva • F Nikolov • E Uchikova • R Mihaylov • B Pencheva • M Vasileva 74 The role of immature platelet count and immature platelet fraction in determining the need for transfusion in patients undergoing CABG C Yücel • S Ketenciler • H Gemalmaz • N Kayalar 79 First Malian series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease: opening of the centre, clinical features and peri-operative realities M Coulibaly • SA Koita • M Doumbia • B Diallo • SI Traore • BI Diarra • B Coulibaly • S Daffe • A Maiga • M Toure • RA Zongo • G Fofana • SA Beye • B Diallo • MB Diarra • DM Diango • Y Coulibaly 84 The effect of different anaesthesia techniques on postoperative pain and hospital discharge in varicose vein surgery M Mutlu • S Turkmen
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