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CONTENTS
VOL 23, NO 2. MARCH 2012
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
97 Sudden cardiac death due to β
2
-agonist therapy: is a genetic basis overlooked?
K YALTA, N SIVRI, B GEYİK, Y AKSOY, E YETKIN
Review Article
103 A systematic overview of prospective cohort studies of cardiovascular disease in
sub-Saharan Africa
AP Kengne • LM Ntyintyane • BM Mayosi
Drug Trends
115 The diabetologist/cardiologist debate: a meeting of the minds
F Mohamed • J Aalbers
118 New ESC/EASD lipid guidelines emphasise need to expand cholesterol screening in
clinical practice
J Aalbers
120 Recruitment of pulmonary hypertension patients for PATENT trial with RIOCIQUAT
completed
J Aalbers
Published online
(Available on
and in Pubmed)
S1
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
17th Congress of the Southern African Hypertension Society
March 2012, Southern Sun Cape Sun, Cape Town
Case Reports
e1 Multiple coronary cameral fistulae: a rare anomaly and cause of ischaemia
C Sengul • H Futbolcu • K Ozden • D Duman
e3 Rare cardiac defect in Holt–Oram syndrome
R Sinha • D Nema
e5 Infective endocarditis and spondylodiscitis due to posterior nasal packing in a patient
with a bioprosthetic aortic valve
H Gungor • Mf Ayi̇
k • I Gul • S Yi̇
ldi̇
z • O Vuran • S Ertugay • H Kanyi̇
lmaz • U Ert
e8 Total correction in tetralogy of Fallot with anomalous major coronary artery: an
alternative method to conduit use
B Saritas • E Ozker • C Vuran • U Yoruker • C Ayabakan • R Turkoz
e11 The perils of pharmacological treatment for obesity: a case of sibutramine-associated
cardiomyopathy and malignant arrhythmias
CL Schamroth
