| EDITORIAL | 6 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS | 7 |
| The 30-year cardiovascular risk profile of South Africans with diagnosed diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, pre-diabetes or normoglycaemia: the Bellville, South Africa pilot study | 7 |
| Contractile effect of Sclerocarya birrea (A Rich) Hochst (Anacardiaceae) (Marula) leaf aqueous extract on rat and rabbit isolated vascular smooth muscles | 14 |
| Amlodipine attenuates oxidative stress in the heart and blood of high-cholesterol diet rabbits | 20 |
| Interaction between dyslipidaemia, oxidative stress and inflammatory response in patients with angiographically proven coronary artery disease | 25 |
| Cardiovascular, cortisol and coping responses in urban Africans: the SAPBA study | 30 |
| An evaluation of ankle–brachial blood pressure index in adult Nigerians with sickle cell anaemia | 39 |
| The clinical value of the Tei index among Nigerians with hypertensive heart failure: correlation with other conventional indices | 42 |
| Pulse pressure monitoring in hypertensive black Africans | 59 |
| REVIEW ARTICLE | 46 |
| DRUG TRENDS IN CARDIOLOGY | 53 |
| CASE REPORTS | 65 |
| Macro CK in patients with elevated troponin I levels | 65 |
| A mysterious case of fatal embolism after the repair of tetralogy of Fallot: secondary to arrhythmia? | 69 |
| Giant right atrial myxoma leading to cardiac arrest in an infant | 71 |
| Coronary muscular bridge mimicking acute stent thrombosis | 74 |
| Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm using the AtriaseptTM II PFO occluder: clinical and technical implications | 76 |