Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 26 No 1 (January/February 2015)
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From the Editor’s Desk |
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CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS |
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In vitro effects of sodium nitroprusside and leptin on norepinephrine induced vasoconstriction in human internal mammary artery |
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Abdominal aortic stiffness as a marker of atherosclerosis in childhood-onset asthma: a case–control study |
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Is the relationship of body mass index to severity of coronary artery disease different from that of waist-to-hip ratio and severity of coronary artery disease? Paradoxical findings |
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Effect of hypothermia in patients undergoing simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery |
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Circulating adhesion molecules and arterial stiffness |
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Redo off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting via a left thoracotomy |
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Social support and management of hypertension in south-west Nigeria |
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Comparison between superficial femoral artery stenting and bypass surgery in severe lower-limb ischaemia: a retrospective study |
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Study of the effect of altitude on the measurement of glycated haemoglobin using point-of-care instruments |
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U-vein compressor improves early haemodynamic outcomes in radiocephalic arteriovenous fistulae in under 2-mm superficial veins |
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An alternative method of transperitoneal graft introduction in aortobifemoral bypass surgery |
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CASE REPORTS |
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Five-year follow up of Konno aortoventriculoplasty for repeat aortic valve replacement in an adult patient |
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Late coronary stent dislodgement following coronary artery stenting |
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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 |
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An unusual cause of generalised seizure following cardiac surgery: with bolus cefazolin administration |
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Takayasu arteritis in pregnancy |
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