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CONTENTS
VOL 23, NO 10. NOVEMBER 2012
Meeting report
572 2
nd South Africa–United Kingdom cardiovascular workshop highlighting cardiovascular
research in South Africa
R Kelly-Laubscher • G Burger • N Davies • A-M Engelbrecht • K Sliwa • H Strijdom •
D Hausenloy • S Lecour
Drug Trends in Cardiology
573
South Africa enters a new era in stroke prevention
J Aalbers
574
Simplifying venous thromboembolism management: a new and safer era
G Hardy
576
Benefits of dabigatran maintained for more than two years
J Aalbers
PUBLISHED ONLINE
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Available on
and in Pubmed)
Case Reports
e1
Infections secondary to pacemaker implantation: a synopsis of six cases
AD Kane • MB Ndiaye • S Pessinaba • A Mbaye • M Bodian • MED Driouch • M Jobe • M Diao •
M Sarr • A Kane • SA Ba
e5
MRI finding of a papillary muscle cyst: a differential diagnosis
T Shayingca • S Andronikou • R Truter • E Reid
e7
Successful management of spontaneous aortic dissection type B in the third trimester
of pregnancy
Y Simsek • C Colak • E Yilmaz • E Celik • N Erdil • O Celik
e10 Single-stage repair of adult aortic coarctation and
concomitant coronary artery disease: an unusual
surgical approach through median sternotomy
MM Ulas • K Ergun • G Lafci • N Sen • A Yalcinkaya •
A Irdem • K Cagli
HEALTHCARE
