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The
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
,
incorporating the
Cardiovascular
Journal of South Africa
, is published six
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VOL 21, NO 3. MAY / JUNE 2010
Case Reports
155 Cerebral embolism following thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction:
the second reported case
M Bostan • A Kanat • M Sen • H Kazdal • H Bostan
158 Reconciling Q waves and late gadolinium enhancement with no angiographic evidence
of coronary disease: cardiac sarcoidosis presenting as decompensated heart failure
RP Morrissey • KJ Philip • ER Schwarz
164 Persistent left superior vena cava with absent right superior vena cava: a case report
and review of the literature
Ö Uçar • L Paşaoğlu* • H Çi̇
çekçi̇
oğlu • M Vural* • İ Kocaoğlu • S Aydou
Letter to the Editor
167 Point of view on concomitant coronary and lower-limb surgical revascularisation
S Lentini • F Benedetto • A Carmignani • R Gaeta
Your Life and your Heart
168 Sunshine and the cardiovascular benefits – a dose of sunshine!
JL Straughan
Drug Trends
170 CLARIFY registry launched in South Africa
Boehringer launches first direct thrombin inhibitor: dabigatran (Pradaxa
®
)
J Aalbers
Fibrates consistently lower risk of cardiovascular events across high-risk groups
J Aalbers
Tirofiban shows better platelet inhibition in diabetic patients during PCI procedures
J Aalbers
Aspirin in primary prevention: USPSTF recommendations
J Aalbers
Boehringer Ingelheim launches a more affordable Micardis
®
Supplements
S1 Abstracts of the South African Congress of Nephrology
Cape Town, 16–19 April 2010
S9 Meeting of the Minds
Common goals, different viewpoints: cardiologists and endocrinologists face off
in a series of stimulating debates
