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 35, No 1, JANUARY – APRIL 2024 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 3 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Commerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 4 Percutaneous coronary intervention facilities in Nigeria OT Olorunda • K Okoro • B Okoh • T Majekodunmi 7 Arterial stiffness assessment in obese black South African patients TL Rasakanya, E Osuch 12 A strategy to improve adherence to guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) and the role of the multidisciplinary team in a heart-failure programme W AlHabeeb • F Alayoubi • A Hayajneh • A Ullah • F Elshaer 16 Characteristics and immediate outcomes of patients who underwent percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Tanzania RK Mutagaywa • MJ Cramer • P Chillo • A Barongo • E Kifai • S Chamuleau • C Eze-Nliam • NB Vera • D Nkya • A Loth • B Alencherry • S Mongella • H Mayala • P Kisenge • S Mwinchete • AB Joseph • G Kwesigabo • A Kamuhabwa • M Albaghdadi • J Ghobrial • M Janabi 27 Clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods and results of surgically treated histologically benign cardiac myxomas DA Görür • H Şaşkin 35 Association between apelin-12 and creatine kinase-MB, depending on success of reperfusion in STEMI patients X Krasniqi • J Vincelj • M Gashi • B Berisha • D Kocinaj 40 Assessment value of the modified early warning score for long-term prognosis of older patients with chronic heart failure Y Yin • J Chen • S Jiang
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