| EDITORIAL | 7 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS | 9 |
| Effect of sequential coronary artery bypass venous grafting on right ventricular functions | 9 |
| Heart rate variability in physically active individuals: reliability and gender characteristics | 13 |
| Left ventricular hypertrophy and geometry in type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease. An echocardiographic study | 19 |
| The relationship between cortisol, C-reactive protein and hypertension in African and Causcasian women: the POWIRS study | 24 |
| End digit preference in blood pressure measurement in a hypertension specialty clinic in southwest Nigeria | 31 |
| Echocardiographic diagnoses in HIV-infected patients presenting with cardiac symptoms at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 36 |
| Experimental malaria: the in vitro and in vivo blood pressure paradox | 44 |
| LETTER TO THE EDITOR | 43 |
| REVIEW ARTICLE | 49 |
| DRUG TRENDS | 61 |
| CASE REPORTS | 67 |
| Multiple coronary cameral fistulae: a rare anomaly and cause of ischaemia | 67 |
| Rare cardiac defect in Holt–Oram syndrome | 69 |
| Infective endocarditis and spondylodiscitis due to posterior nasal packing in a patient with a bioprosthetic aortic valve | 71 |
| Total correction in tetralogy of Fallot with anomalous major coronary artery: an alternative method to conduit use | 74 |
| The perils of pharmacological treatment for obesity: a case of sibutramine-associated cardiomyopathy and malignant arrhythmias | 77 |