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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Volume 25, No 6, November/December 2014
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AFRICA
The Division of Cardiology has become the premier training
facility for young cardiologists in South Africa and even further
afield in Africa. An additional funded training fellowship
and the renovation of the lecture room, resulting in an ultra-
modern lecture facility, has boosted the teaching and training
activities at the unit. The unit is a centre of excellence for radial
angiography and percutaneous intervention, valvular heart
disease, pericardial disease and advanced cardiac imaging, and
boasts an echocardiography training and service infrastructure
that is world class in Africa and South Africa.
A vision of equal access to advanced healthcare for all can
only be achieved through a culture of collective responsibility.
SUNHEART believes this culture already exists, and through
finding partners who share in their vision, they will make an
important contribution to the lives and health of patients.
Rhena Delport
Medtronic MD, Mike Howe-Ely; SUNHEART Director, Prof
Anton Doubell; Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns
Botha and patient Caureen Amelia Petersen.
South African Heart Association Congress
The 15th annual South African Heart
Congress for 2014 was held at the
Durban ICC from 16 to 19 October
2014, with Dr Sajidah Kahn as convener.
The
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
was represented at the conference by
the editor-in-chief of the journal, Prof
Patrick Commerford, and the regional
editor for South Africa, Prof Rhena
Delport. The theme for the congress was
‘bridging the divide’ between best practice
and current challenges in the management
of cardiovascular conditions.
In keeping with the congress intent,
the prize for the best scientific article
published in 2013 in the
Cardiovascular
Journal of Africa
was awarded by an
independent panel to Dr Jane Moses, the
firstauthorof thearticle‘Non-STelevation
myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in three
hospital settings in South Africa: does
geography influence management and
outcome?
A retrospective cohort study’.
The contribution of the other authors
(Anton F Herbst, Philip G Klusmann,
Karl JCWeich and SVHHellmuth) is also
acknowledged. Prof Patrick Commerford
presented the award on behalf of the
journal.
Prof Pat Commerford.
Dr Jane Moses and Prof Pat Commerford.