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CONTENTS
VOL 24, NO 3. APRIL 2013
Letter to the Editor
65 Cardiomyopathies and myocardial disorders in Africa: present status and the way forward
BM Mayosi
Review Article
86 Management of ischaemic stroke in the acute setting: review of the current status
K Jivan • K Ranchod • G Modi
Cardio News
93 Successes, failures, challenges and ground-breaking research: messages from the 6th
World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
L Zühlke
Drug Trends in Cardiology
95 South African studies in the international literature
G Hardy
97 Higher statin doses linked to acute kidney injury: South African experts comment on
clinical implications
J Aalbers
98 Treating hypertension in the elderly, even white-coat hypertension, is essential
J Aalbers
100 Use new antiplatelet therapies consistently in clinical practice
J Aalbers
PUBLISHED ONLINE
(Available on
and in Pubmed)
Case Reports
e1 Left ventricular non-compaction in pregnancy
ID Kilic • H Tanriverdi • H Evrengul • S Uslu • MA Sungur
e3 Unusual variant of scimitar syndrome associated with an absent right pulmonary artery,
stenosis of the inferior vena cava, hemi-azygous continuation and the VACTERL association
FF Takawira • F Omar
e7
Candida parapsilosis
endocarditis on a prosthetic aortic valve with unclear
echocardiographic features
CM Mvondo • F d’Auria • P Sordillo • A Pellegrino • M Adreoni • L Chiariello
e9 Robotically assisted ventricular tachycardia substrate modification ablation with the
novel Lynx
TM
integrated sheath and RF ablation catheter
F Lorgat • E Pudney • H van Deventer
e12 Unexpected preserved brain perfusion imaging despite severe and diffuse
atherosclerosis of supra-aortic trunks
G Gargiulo • F Tortora • M Cirillo • C Perrino • GG Schiattarella • B Trimarco • G Esposito
