Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 26 No 3 (May/June 2015)
|
From the Editor’s Desk |
5 |
|
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS |
6 |
|
Comparison of MMF with prednisone in terms of rejection and duration of activity of transplant in rabbits that underwent retroperitoneal heterotopic heart transplantation |
6 |
|
Right ventricular function and its relationship with grade of hepatosteatosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
11 |
|
Evaluation of left atrial mechanical function and atrial conduction abnormalities in Maras powder (smokeless tobacco) users and smokers |
16 |
|
Postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with left atrial myxoma |
22 |
|
Sickle cell trait is not associated with chronic kidney disease in adult Congolese patients: a clinic-based, cross-sectional study |
27 |
|
Analysis of clinical outcomes of intra-aortic balloon pump during coronary artery bypass surgery |
32 |
|
Can empirical hypertonic saline or sodium bicarbonate treatment prevent the development of cardiotoxicity during serious amitriptyline poisoning? Experimental research |
36 |
|
Prevalence of anaemia among patients with heart failure at the Brazzaville University Hospital |
42 |
|
CASE REPORT |
45 |
|
An antibiotic recipe for an arrhythmic disaster |
45 |
|
DRUG TRENDS IN CARDIOLOGY |
48 |
|
AfricaPCR 2015, a brief report back |
48 |
|
South African hospital the first in the Middle East, Africa, central Asia and Turkey to implant the world’s smallest, minimally invasive cardiac pacemaker |
50 |
|
CASE REPORTS |
51 |
|
ST-elevation myocardial infarction following systemic inflammatory response syndrome |
51 |
|
Treatment of right ventricular perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention |
54 |
|
An unusual cause of a large fibrinous pericardial effusion |
57 |
|
A fatal complication after repair of post-infarction ventricular septal rupture: heparininduced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis |
61 |