EDITORIAL TOPICS
Outcomes of pregnancy with pulmonary hypertension: low risk or a false dawn?
Fascial plane regional anaesthesia techniques
The optimal management of patients with atrial fibrillation
Radiation exposure protection: small things matter
Covid-19 and cardiovascular disease
Costing academic publications: author-pay principle, and manuscript submission
Fascial plane regional anaesthesia techniquesThe optimal management of patients with atrial fibrillation
Radiation exposure protection: small things matter
Covid-19 and cardiovascular disease
Costing academic publications: author-pay principle, and manuscript submission
Updated: January 2024
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
Effect of different priming fluids on extravascular lung water, cell integrity and oxidative stress
Surgical experience in adults with Ebstein’s anomaly: long-term results
Systemic immune–inflammation index, and neutrophilto-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios can predict clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Changes in blood pressure after catheter-based renal denervation in South Africa
Surgical experience in adults with Ebstein’s anomaly: long-term results
Systemic immune–inflammation index, and neutrophilto-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios can predict clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Changes in blood pressure after catheter-based renal denervation in South Africa
Updated: September 2024
DRUG TRENDS / NEWS
News from the 2018 Cape Town World Congress of
Internal Medicine
Drug Trends in Cardiology: Dynaval: new product launch
Congress News
Congress News: Building and strengthening capacity for cardiovascular research in Africa through technical training workshops: a report of the joint course on health research methods by the Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy and the Ivorian Society of Cardiology
Drug Trends in Cardiology: Dynaval: new product launch
Congress News
Congress News: Building and strengthening capacity for cardiovascular research in Africa through technical training workshops: a report of the joint course on health research methods by the Clinical Research Education Networking and Consultancy and the Ivorian Society of Cardiology
Updated: November 2018
CASE REPORTS
Identification and treatment of asymptomatic central venous catheter thrombosis after TAVI
Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis
Aneurysmal degeneration in the Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft
An unusually large left ventricular thrombus complicating anterior myocardial infarction
Left thoracotomy approach for aortic root surgery
Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis
Aneurysmal degeneration in the Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft
An unusually large left ventricular thrombus complicating anterior myocardial infarctionLeft thoracotomy approach for aortic root surgery
Updated: September 2024
ABOUT CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA
The Cardiovascular Journal of Africa (CVJA) is an international
peer-reviewed journal that keeps cardiologists up to
date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of
cardiovascular disease.
Topics covered include coronary disease, electrophysiology, valve disease, imaging techniques, congenital heart disease (fetal, paediatric & adult), heart failure, surgery & basic science. CVJA is the official journal of the PASCAR and has been published since 1990.
Important Notice to all Authors: Manuscript Submission Fee & Article Processing Charge
It has become necessary for the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa to charge a manuscripts submission fees for all articles submitted for publication. On acceptance of a manuscript an additional Article Processing Fee will apply before publishing.
The payment of the manuscript submission fee and does not guarantee publication of the article. The manuscript submission fee is not refundable in the event of rejection as processing cost will have been incurred. (Payment can be made online with a valid credit card)
Topics covered include coronary disease, electrophysiology, valve disease, imaging techniques, congenital heart disease (fetal, paediatric & adult), heart failure, surgery & basic science. CVJA is the official journal of the PASCAR and has been published since 1990.
Important Notice to all Authors: Manuscript Submission Fee & Article Processing Charge
It has become necessary for the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa to charge a manuscripts submission fees for all articles submitted for publication. On acceptance of a manuscript an additional Article Processing Fee will apply before publishing.
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Manuscript Submission Fee: South African and
International Authors: ZAR 1000.
Paid on Submission of Manuscript.
- Article
Processing/Publishing Fee: South
African and International Authors: ZAR 7200.
Paid on Article Acceptance for Publication in the CVJA. (Updated August 2021)
The payment of the manuscript submission fee and does not guarantee publication of the article. The manuscript submission fee is not refundable in the event of rejection as processing cost will have been incurred. (Payment can be made online with a valid credit card)
LATEST JOURNALS
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Volume 35, Issue
2, May / August 2024
• Effect of different priming fluids in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
• Modified David V re-implantation technique for valve-sparing aortic root replacement
• Cross-sectional study of adult mitral valve disease at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
• Esmarch bandage application in giant saphenous vein closure during endovenous glue ablation
• Empagliflozin significantly prevents QTc prolongation due to amitriptyline intoxication
• Changes in blood pressure after catheter-based renal denervation in South Africa
• Effects of intravenous sodium thiosulfate on vascular calcification in dialysis patients
• Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis
This journal is now available to be viewed via our eJournal publication viewer »
• Effect of different priming fluids in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery
• Modified David V re-implantation technique for valve-sparing aortic root replacement
• Cross-sectional study of adult mitral valve disease at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
• Esmarch bandage application in giant saphenous vein closure during endovenous glue ablation
• Empagliflozin significantly prevents QTc prolongation due to amitriptyline intoxication
• Changes in blood pressure after catheter-based renal denervation in South Africa
• Effects of intravenous sodium thiosulfate on vascular calcification in dialysis patients
• Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis
This journal is now available to be viewed via our eJournal publication viewer »
LATEST NEWS
& REVIEWS
SAHS:Controlling Hypertension in Southern Africa - The New Frontier Abstracts, 16 - 18 August 2024
• View Abstracts via our eJournal publication viewer »
• Download Abstracts in PDF format »
Disclaimer: The Abstracts for the Southern African Hypertension Society were reviewed by the SAHS Scientific Committee and not by the Editor-in-Chief, Regional Editors or reviewers of the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. Only accepted abstracts are published.
Anatomical and functional changes after aortic valve replacement with different sizes of mechanical valves
Mission: to urge all relevant entities within the international cardiac surgery, industry and government sectors to commit to develop and implement an effective strategy to address the scourge of rheumatic heart disease in the developing world through increased access to life-saving cardiac surgery.
Read More »
Request for Letters to the Editor (by Prof Patrick Commerford)
The peer-review process is a vital part of scientific publication and seeks to ensure that what is published has been effectively scrutinised for scientific integrity, validity and ethical conduct in research. No matter how good peer review may be it is inevitably, by its very nature, limited to the opinions of a small number of reviewers and editors.
An important part of peer review, little mentioned, occurs after publication when the published work is exposed to a very much wider audience. This readership is often in a better position to offer critical opinions or commendations than the initial reviewers and is able to make its opinion known through letters to the editor. When these are published they offer important insights into the merit or otherwise of prior articles and serve an important educational purpose.
Sadly of late there have been few such letters submitted to this journal. I encourage all readers of this journal to consider submitting letters of criticism or acclaim to the journal for consideration for publication. Ideally they should be brief and to the point, referencing the article under discussion with no more than three to five additional references. All letters will be submitted to the author of the original article, offering a right of reply. The letter and response, if forthcoming, will be published
together. Letters to the editor (and the response) will not be subjected to further review but will be accepted or rejected based on the opinion of the editor.
The contributions by readers criticising or commenting on published work are an important part of scientific and clinical responsibility for all of us and I encourage all readers to participate actively so as to enhance the scientific integrity and value of the CVJA. Detailed instructions for authors of letters to the editor will be added to the website shortly but in the interim I will gladly accept submissions under the conditions outlined above.
Please email your request to the Editorial Office »
Request for Images in Cardiology (by Prof Patrick Commerford)
In an attempt to diversify the content of the journal and to cater for the ever-growing importance of diverse imaging modalities, I plan to develop a series of ‘Images in Cardiology’. The exact requirements will be posted in the instructions for authors on the journal website shortly. In the interim, I invite the submission of suitable images for consideration for publication. The images should be of high quality and suitable for publication, as already specified on the website. They should be accompanied by a brief clinical vignette, a report of why the imaging modality was chosen and how it contributed to patient outcome. A description of the results of imaging, suitably labelled with arrows or other markers, indicating areas of particular interest is essential. A maximum of five references may be supplied. Priority will be given to images of cardiac diseases commonly seen in Africa. Submissions will be subject to peer review by experts in the field.
Please email your request to the Editorial Office »
Measuring publication impact, and publishing and funding models
The impact factor, or, more correctly, the journal impact factor [JIF; Thompsons Reuters (ISI)] has featured in previous reports of the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa (CVJA). As expected, it has been steadily rising and is now at 1.022 (2015). This is not to be scoffed at. Of the 14 listed medical journals in Africa, it is third to the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ; JIF = 1.5).
Similarly, in another major database, Scopus, it ranks at number 184 out of 333 journals of cardiovascular medicine globally. Within Africa it is the only cardiovascular journal indexed by Thompson Reuters and also by Scopus. These statistics are based on citations to articles that appear in journals, and formulae that relate the number of citations to published articles in a journal over a given time period, and are part of the more extensive ways of evaluating scientific output under the umbrella term bibliometrics.
Read full article online »
Cardio News: Frontline initiatives in early myocardial reperfusion with ST -elevation myocardial infarction
Concern has been expressed by leading cardiologists in Africa about the lack of preparedness of healthcare services on this continent in relation to the management of non-communicable diseases and, specifically, cardiovascular disease. This may be attributable to a paucity of surveillance data and registries, a shortage of physicians and cardiologists, interventional measures not being in place, inadequate diagnostic capabilities, and misguided opinions, as reported.
From the South African 2011 census, we know that low household income compounds the problem of inadequate healthcare provision, and also lack of transport to facilities where optimal care can be provided timeously. Public sector clinic services are utilised by 61.2% of households, public hospitals by 9.5%, and private hospitals, private clinics and other services by only about 5% of households. A disparity is evident between the health facility used and the population group, in that 17% of black South Africans versus 88% of white and 64% of Indian households visit private health facilities.
Read full article online »
• View Abstracts via our eJournal publication viewer »
• Download Abstracts in PDF format »
Disclaimer: The Abstracts for the Southern African Hypertension Society were reviewed by the SAHS Scientific Committee and not by the Editor-in-Chief, Regional Editors or reviewers of the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa. Only accepted abstracts are published.
Anatomical and functional changes after aortic valve replacement with different sizes of mechanical valves
Mission: to urge all relevant entities within the international cardiac surgery, industry and government sectors to commit to develop and implement an effective strategy to address the scourge of rheumatic heart disease in the developing world through increased access to life-saving cardiac surgery.
Read More »
Request for Letters to the Editor (by Prof Patrick Commerford)
The peer-review process is a vital part of scientific publication and seeks to ensure that what is published has been effectively scrutinised for scientific integrity, validity and ethical conduct in research. No matter how good peer review may be it is inevitably, by its very nature, limited to the opinions of a small number of reviewers and editors.
An important part of peer review, little mentioned, occurs after publication when the published work is exposed to a very much wider audience. This readership is often in a better position to offer critical opinions or commendations than the initial reviewers and is able to make its opinion known through letters to the editor. When these are published they offer important insights into the merit or otherwise of prior articles and serve an important educational purpose.
Sadly of late there have been few such letters submitted to this journal. I encourage all readers of this journal to consider submitting letters of criticism or acclaim to the journal for consideration for publication. Ideally they should be brief and to the point, referencing the article under discussion with no more than three to five additional references. All letters will be submitted to the author of the original article, offering a right of reply. The letter and response, if forthcoming, will be published
together. Letters to the editor (and the response) will not be subjected to further review but will be accepted or rejected based on the opinion of the editor.
The contributions by readers criticising or commenting on published work are an important part of scientific and clinical responsibility for all of us and I encourage all readers to participate actively so as to enhance the scientific integrity and value of the CVJA. Detailed instructions for authors of letters to the editor will be added to the website shortly but in the interim I will gladly accept submissions under the conditions outlined above.
Please email your request to the Editorial Office »
Request for Images in Cardiology (by Prof Patrick Commerford)
In an attempt to diversify the content of the journal and to cater for the ever-growing importance of diverse imaging modalities, I plan to develop a series of ‘Images in Cardiology’. The exact requirements will be posted in the instructions for authors on the journal website shortly. In the interim, I invite the submission of suitable images for consideration for publication. The images should be of high quality and suitable for publication, as already specified on the website. They should be accompanied by a brief clinical vignette, a report of why the imaging modality was chosen and how it contributed to patient outcome. A description of the results of imaging, suitably labelled with arrows or other markers, indicating areas of particular interest is essential. A maximum of five references may be supplied. Priority will be given to images of cardiac diseases commonly seen in Africa. Submissions will be subject to peer review by experts in the field.
Please email your request to the Editorial Office »
Measuring publication impact, and publishing and funding models
The impact factor, or, more correctly, the journal impact factor [JIF; Thompsons Reuters (ISI)] has featured in previous reports of the Cardiovascular Journal of Africa (CVJA). As expected, it has been steadily rising and is now at 1.022 (2015). This is not to be scoffed at. Of the 14 listed medical journals in Africa, it is third to the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ; JIF = 1.5).
Similarly, in another major database, Scopus, it ranks at number 184 out of 333 journals of cardiovascular medicine globally. Within Africa it is the only cardiovascular journal indexed by Thompson Reuters and also by Scopus. These statistics are based on citations to articles that appear in journals, and formulae that relate the number of citations to published articles in a journal over a given time period, and are part of the more extensive ways of evaluating scientific output under the umbrella term bibliometrics.
Read full article online »
Cardio News: Frontline initiatives in early myocardial reperfusion with ST -elevation myocardial infarction
Concern has been expressed by leading cardiologists in Africa about the lack of preparedness of healthcare services on this continent in relation to the management of non-communicable diseases and, specifically, cardiovascular disease. This may be attributable to a paucity of surveillance data and registries, a shortage of physicians and cardiologists, interventional measures not being in place, inadequate diagnostic capabilities, and misguided opinions, as reported.
From the South African 2011 census, we know that low household income compounds the problem of inadequate healthcare provision, and also lack of transport to facilities where optimal care can be provided timeously. Public sector clinic services are utilised by 61.2% of households, public hospitals by 9.5%, and private hospitals, private clinics and other services by only about 5% of households. A disparity is evident between the health facility used and the population group, in that 17% of black South Africans versus 88% of white and 64% of Indian households visit private health facilities.
Read full article online »
