Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 26 No 3 (May/June 2015)

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ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
Vol 26, No 3, MAY/JUNE 2015
Editors
Editor in Chief
(South Africa)
Prof Pat Commerford
Assistant Editor
Prof JAMES KER (JUN)
Regional Editor
DR A Dzudie
Regional Editor (Kenya)
Dr F Bukachi
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
Editorial Board
prof PA Brink
Experimental & Laboratory
Cardiology
PROF R DELPORT
Chemical Pathology
PROF MR ESSOP
Haemodynamics, Heart Failure
& Valvular Heart Disease
DR OB FAMILONI
Clinical Cardiology
DR V GRIGOROV
Invasive Cardiology & Heart
Failure
PROF J KER (SEN)
Hypertension, Cardiomyopathy,
Cardiovascular Physiology
DR J LAWRENSON
Paediatric Heart Disease
PROF A LOCHNER
Biochemistry/Laboratory
Science
PROF BM MAYOSI
Chronic Rheumatic Heart
Disease
DR MT MPE
Cardiomyopathy
PROF DP NAIDOO
Echocardiography
PROF B RAYNER
Hypertension/Society
PROF MM SATHEKGE
Nuclear Medicine/Society
PROF YK SEEDAT
Diabetes & Hypertension
PROF H DU T THERON
Invasive Cardiology
International
Advisory Board
PROF DAVID CELEMAJER
Australia (Clinical Cardiology)
PROF KEITH COPELIN FERDINAND
USA (General Cardiology)
DR SAMUEL KINGUE
Cameroon (General Cardiology)
DR GEORGE A MENSAH
USA (General Cardiology)
PROF WILLIAM NELSON
USA (Electrocardiology)
DR ULRICH VON OPPEL
Wales (Cardiovascular Surgery)
PROF PETER SCHWARTZ
Italy (Dysrhythmias)
PROF ERNST VON SCHWARZ
USA (Interventional Cardiology)
SUBJECT Editors
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
DR MM SATHEKGE
Heart Failure
Dr g visagie
Paediatric
dr s brown
Paediatric Surgery
Dr Darshan Reddy
Renal Hypertension
dr brian rayner
Surgical
dr f aziz
Adult Surgery
dr j rossouw
Epidemiology and Preventionist
dr ap kengne
Pregnancy-associated Heart
Disease
Prof K Sliwa-hahnle
103 From the Editor’s Desk
P Commerford
Cardiovascular Topics
104 Comparison of MMF with prednisone in terms of rejection and duration of activity of
transplant in rabbits that underwent retroperitoneal heterotopic heart transplantation
F Aygün • D Efe • K Durgut
109 Right ventricular function and its relationship with grade of hepatosteatosis in
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
A Bekler • E Gazi • G Erbag • E Binnetoglu • A Barutcu • H Sen • A Temiz • B Altun
114 Evaluation of left atrial mechanical function and atrial conduction abnormalities in
Maras powder (smokeless tobacco) users and smokers
A Akcay • MN Aydin • G Acar • B Mese • M Çetin • M Akgungo • E Cabioglu • O Bozoglan •
İ Ardic • M Çakıcı
120 Postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with left atrial myxoma
M Sahin • K Tigen • C Dundar • B Ozben • G Alici • S Demir • ME Kalkan • B Ozkan
125 Sickle cell trait is not associated with chronic kidney disease in adult Congolese
patients: a clinic-based, cross-sectional study
K Mukendi • FB Lepira • JR Makulo • KE Sumaili • PK Kayembe • MN Nseka
130 Analysis of clinical outcomes of intra-aortic balloon pump during coronary artery
bypass surgery
G Yumun • U Aydin • Y Ata • F Tokta ş • AA Pala • AF Ozyazicioglu • T Turk • S Yavuz
134 Can empirical hypertonic saline or sodium bicarbonate treatment prevent the
development of cardiotoxicity during serious amitriptyline poisoning?
Experimental research
MS Paksu • H Zengin • F Ilkaya • S Paksu • H Guzel • D Ucar • A Uzun • H Alacam • L Duran •
N Murat • A Guzel