Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 25 No 5 (September/October 2014)
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From the Editor’s Desk |
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Cardiovascular Topics |
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Diagnostic value of plasma C-type natriuretic peptide levels in determination of the duration of mesenteric ischaemia |
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Cardiac surgery for patients with heart failure due to structural heart disease in Uganda: access to surgery and outcomes |
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Effects of rosuvastatin on ADMA, rhokinase, NADPH oxidase, caveolin-1, hsp 90 and NFkB levels in a rat model of myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion |
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Short-term outcomes after hospital discharge in patients admitted with heart failure in Abeokuta, Nigeria: Data from the Abeokuta Heart Failure Registry |
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Thrombolysis risk prediction: applying the SITS-SICH and SEDA N scores in South African patients |
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Hypertensive retinopathy and its association with cardiovascular, renal and cerebrovascular morbidity in Congolese patients |
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The proposed role of plasma NT pro-brain natriuretic peptide in assessing cardiac remodelling in hypertensive African subjects |
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Troubleshooting techniques for the Endurant™ device in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair |
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How to approach aortic valve disease in the elderly: a 25-year retrospective study |
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Letter to the Editor |
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Efficacy and safety of sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in coronary artery disease patients with diabetes |
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Conference Report |
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The way forward for clinical research in Cameroon: first scientific and research day in Douala, 2014 |
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Case Reports |
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Surgical treatment of post-infarct left ventricular pseudo-aneurysm with on-pump beating heart technique |
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Traumatic aortic regurgitation combined with descending aortic pseudoaneurysm secondary to blunt chest trauma |
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Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a patient with isolated non-compaction cardiomyopathy |
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Coronary artery bypass grafting in a Behçet’s disease patient |
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