Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 33 No 2 (MARCH/APRIL 2022)

EDITORIAL	5
From the Editor’s Desk	5
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS	6
The effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in patients with infected venous leg ulcers	6
Prevalence, patterns and predictors of dyslipidaemia in Nigeria: a report from the REMAH study	14
Outcome of concomitant left atrial ablation during valvular heart surgery: an African perspective	22
Interleukin-6 and its correlations with maternal characteristics and echocardiographic parameters in pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension and normotensive pregnancy	27
The role of immature platelet count and immature platelet fraction in determining the need for transfusion in patients undergoing CABG	36
First Malian series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease: opening of the centre, clinical features and peri-operative realities	41
The effect of different anaesthesia techniques on postoperative pain and hospital discharge in varicose vein surgery	46
CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS	50
The joint 15th Pan-African Society of Cardiology and Kenya Cardiac Society congress proceedings, 2021	50
CASE REPORTS	57
Restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by diffuse calcification of the left ventricle after 20 years of haemodialysis	56
Electrocardiogram manifestations of hyponatraemia	61

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