Volume 36, Issue 3

The primary aim of this consensus is to identify strategies for diagnosing, treating, and managing heart failure in Africa.

Optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) control in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is defined as LDL-C levels less than 1.4 mmol/L and a reduction of >50% in baseline LDL-C levels. This study aims to assess LDL-C control in patients with ASCVD on statin treatment in a tertiary academic hospital.

Myxoma is the most common cardiac tumor, typically found in the left atrium. Here, we present a case of a large right atrial myxoma.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the preventable causes of death. Increasing patient knowledge of CVD may lead to success in the prevention and control of CVD, and an improved quality of life.

Despite the advances in CPB, various complications may occur. Prediction and anticipation of these undesirable outcomes is of great importance. For this reason, various markers have been tried to be determined.

Few studies have assessed the prevalence and independent prognostic relevance of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in Africans with heart failure (HF) despite the different trajectories of HF in Africans compared to other ethnicities. We investigated the frequency and independent associations of RVD and PH with incident death in Nigerian-Africans with...

Structural remodelling of the heart and blood vessels is an important basis for the development of cardiovascular disease. Krüppel-like factor 5 (KLF5), an important regulator of cardiovascular remodelling, promotes vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and inflammatory responses. Neuregulin 1 (NRGI) is a positive regulator of angiogenesis, and its receptors are human epidermal growth...

Surgical closure of ventricular septal defects remains the predominant paediatric cardiac surgical intervention. This study aims to identify risk factors influencing the duration of intensive care stay and complications following surgical correction for ventricular septal defects.

This study compares posterior pericardiectomy (PP) and posterior pericardial Hemovac drainage (PPHD) in terms of their effects on post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) incidence in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Ischaemic stroke is frequently associated with electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities, including repolarisation disturbances. These disturbances, often seen as prolonged QT intervals or altered T-wave morphology, reflect impaired ventricular repolarisation and have been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular events. One specific marker, the frontal QRS-T angle (FQRS-T angle), which...