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CONTENTS
Vol 24, No 8, SEPTEMBER 2013
Letter to the Editor
329 Cardiomyopathies and myocardial disorders in Africa: present status and the way forward.
Response to Prof Bongani Mayosi
A Falase • O Ogah
Drug Trends in Cardiology
340 Novo Nordisk Incretin and Cardiovascular Summit
P Wagenaar
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Case Reports
e1 Mitral valve and coronary artery bypass surgeries 13 years after pneumonectomy for lung
cancer
O Dag • MA Kaygin • U Arslan • A Kiymaz • N Kahraman • B Erkut
e5 Left ventricular rupture after double valve replacement in a patient with myocarditis due
to myasthenia gravis
M Argiriou • V Patris • N Lama • S Katsaridis • O Argiriou • C Charitos
e8 Diffuse giant tendon xanthomas in a patient with familial hypercholesterolaemia
S Yuksel • EP Yuksel
e10 Acute aortic dissection with a dangerous duo in an adolescent boy
T Bezgin • C Doğan • A Elveran • A Karagöz • CY Karabay • AM Esen
