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CONTENTS
Vol 25, No 6, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014
Review Article
288 South African hypertension practice guideline 2014
Hypertension guideline working group: YK Seedat • BL Rayner • Yosuf Veriava
Comment
296 The importance of guidelines
ESW Jones • BL Rayner
Review Article
298 Lifestyle and diet
LH Opie
Comment
302 The cardioprotective diet: carbohydrates versus fat
FJ Raal
Cardio News
303 New centre to revolutionise cardiac care in Africa
304 South African Heart Association Congress
PUBLISHED ONLINE
(Available on
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Case Reports
e1 A case of shoshin beriberi presenting as cardiogenic shock with diffuse ST-segment
elevation, which dramatically improved after a single dose of thiamine
J Kim • S Park • J-H Kim • SW Kim • WC Kang • SJ Kim
e6 Clinical ventricular tachycardia and surgical epicardial ICD implantation in a patient
with a Fontan operation for double-inlet left ventricle
AA Agir • U Celikyurt • K Karauzum • I Yilmaz • E Ozbudak • S Bozyel • M Kanko • A Vural • D Ural