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CONTENTS
Vol 26, No 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
38 Study of the effect of altitude on the measurement of glycated haemoglobin using
point-of-care instruments
SW Veigne • E Sobngwi • BE Nouthe • J Sobngwi-Tambekou • EV Balti • S Limen •
MY Dehayem • V Ama • J-L Nguewa • M Ndour-Mbaye • A Camara • NM Balde • J-C Mbanya
41 U-vein compressor improves early haemodynamic outcomes in radiocephalic arterio-
venous fistulae in under 2-mm superficial veins
M Seren • OF Cicek • MC Cicek • AU Yener • M Ulaş • M Tola • A Uzun
45 An alternative method of transperitoneal graft introduction in aortobifemoral bypass
surgery
Y Beşir • O Gokalp • H Iner • I Peker • U Yetkin • K Donmez • L Yilik • A Gurbuz
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on Pubmed and in Pubmed Central)
Case Reports
e1 Five-year follow up of Konno aortoventriculoplasty for repeat aortic valve replacement
in an adult patient
AI Parlar • I Uyar • T Demir • GU Uyar • E Tulukoglu • O Isık
e4 Late coronary stent dislodgement following coronary artery stenting
E Aydin • Y Ozen • S Sarikaya • O Arslan • K Kirali • M Alp
e8 Treatment of an unusual complication of transfemoral TAVI with a new technique:
successful occlusion of ventricular septal defect by opening the closure device in the
ascending aorta
H Dursun • C Erdal • O Ergene • B Unal • Z Tanrıverdı • D Kaya
e11 An unusual cause of generalised seizure following cardiac surgery: with bolus
cefazolin administration
K Ceviker • O Kocatur • D Demir
e14 Takayasu arteritis in pregnancy
P Soma-Pillay • A Adeyemo • FE Suleman