Editors
Acting Editor in Chief
(South Africa)
Prof PA Brink
Assistant Editor
Prof JAMES KER (JUN)
Regional Editor
DR A Dzudie
Regional Editor (Kenya)
Dr F Bukachi
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
SUBJECT Editors
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
DR MM SATHEKGE
Heart Failure
Dr g visagie
Paediatric
dr s brown
Renal Hypertension
dr brian rayner
Surgical
dr f aziz
Adult Surgery
dr j rossouw
Epidemiology and
Preventionist
dr ap kengne
Editorial Board
prof PA Brink
Experimental & Laboratory
Cardiology
PROF R DELPORT
Chemical Pathology
PROF MR ESSOP
Haemodynamics, Heart Failure
& Valvular Heart Disease
DR OB FAMILONI
Clinical Cardiology
DR V GRIGOROV
Invasive Cardiology & Heart
Failure
PROF J KER (SEN)
Hypertension, Cardiomyopathy,
Cardiovascular Physiology
DR J LAWRENSON
Paediatric Heart Disease
PROF A LOCHNER
Biochemistry/Laboratory
Science
PROF BM MAYOSI
Chronic Rheumatic Heart
Disease
DR MT MPE
Cardiomyopathy
PROF DP NAIDOO
Echocardiography
PROF B RAYNER
Hypertension/Society
PROF MM SATHEKGE
Nuclear Medicine/Society
PROF YK SEEDAT
Diabetes & Hypertension
PROF H DU T THERON
Invasive Cardiology
International Advisory
Board
PROF DAVID CELEMAJER
Australia (Clinical Cardiology)
PROF KEITH COPELIN FERDINAND
USA (General Cardiology)
DR SAMUEL KINGUE
Cameroon (General Cardiology)
DR GEORGE A MENSAH
USA (General Cardiology)
PROF WILLIAM NELSON
USA (Electrocardiology)
DR ULRICH VON OPPEL
Wales (Cardiovascular Surgery)
PROF PETER SCHWARTZ
Italy (Dysrhythmias)
PROF ERNST VON SCHWARZ
USA (Interventional Cardiology)
ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
Vol 24, No 9/10, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013
Editorial
343 Reflections on a range of cardiovascular issues
PA Brink
Cardiovascular Topics
344 Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and association with ethnicity in Nigeria:
results from a national survey
GVVS Murthy • S Fox • S Sivasubramaniam • CE Gilbert • AM Mahdi • AU Imam • G Entekume •
on behalf of the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment study group
351 The incidence of coronary anomalies on routine coronary computed tomography scans
KO Karabay • A Yildiz • G Geceer • E Uysal • B Bagirtan
355 Endothelial nitric oxide synthase levels and their response to exercise in patients with
slow coronary flow
H Taşolar • F Eyyüpkoca • E Aktürk • Y Karakuş • M Cansel • J Yağmur • F Özyalın • B Altun •
H Pekdemir
360 Vitamin E and antioxidant activity; its role in slow coronary flow
VK Celik • İE Eken • G Yildiz • MB Yilmaz • A Gurlek • H Aydin
364 Comparison of one- and two-stage basilic vein transposition for arterio-venous fistula
formation in haemodialysis patients: preliminary results
S Ozcan • AK Gür • AÜ Yener • D Odabaşi
Industry news
363 ASSAf recognises top South African scientists
