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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 26, No 5, October/November 2015
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14h30–14h45 Development of a pacemaker re-use programme – logistics:
L Balasundaram, UK
14h45–15h00 Development of a pacemaker re-use programme – evaluation:
T Crawford, USA
15h00–15h15 Ethical and regulatory/legal issues surrounding pacemaker re-use:
K Weatherwax, USA
15h15–15h30 A registry and randomised trial of re-used pacemakers in Africa:
Z Yousef, UK
14h00–15h30
Oral abstract session I
Chairs:
O Sookur, Mauritius; H Otieno, Kenya:
Venue: Barracuda
14h00–14h10
Contemporary estimates of morbidity and mortality of rheumatic heart disease in South Africa: Outcomes
from the Cape Town component of the global rheumatic heart disease registry:
L Zuhlke
14h10–14h20
Prevalence and outcomes of the pulmonary hypertension and diastolic dysfunction in heart failure population:
FE Sabri
14h20–14h30
Improving access to secondary prevention for rheumatic heart disease: knowledge and skills training to address
fear of anaphylactic penicillin allergy in Zambia:
J Musuku
14h30–14h40
Arrhythmic patterns and heart rate variability of 24-hour Holter electrocardiography among Nigerians with
cardiovascular diseases:
R Adebayo
14h40–14h50 Assessing antihypertensive adherence with therapeutic drug monitoring:
B Rayner
14h50–15h00
Evaluation de la fonction systolique du ventricule droit dans la cardiomyopathie du péripartum (CMPP) à
l’hôpital Aristide Le Dantec à Dakar:
RG Houndolo
15h00–15h10
Obesity indices and peripheral artery disease measured by ankle–brachial index in Nigerian out-patients:
E Umuerri
15h10–15h20
Global demand for cigarettes: a cross-country analysis of consumption, income and price elasticity; 2008–2012:
D Watkins
15h20–15h30
Cardiometabolic risk factors in ambulatory patients attending primary healthcare facilities in Nairobi, Kenya:
EN Ogola
15h30–16h00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16h00–18h00
PASCAR COUNCIL MEETING:
Venue: Frangipani
16h00–18h00
Session V: Cardiology and cardiac surgery in Mauritius
Chairs:
V Bunwaree, Mauritius; A ELSayed, Sudan:
Venue: Hibiscus ballroom
16h00–16h20 Hybrid approach for complex artery disease and coronary artery fistulae:
S Reebye, Mauritius
16h20–16h40 Bioresorbable vascular coronary stents – the Mauritian experience:
A Yearoo, Mauritius
16h40–17h00 Need for a national cardiac registry:
U Ramjutun, Mauritius
17h00–17h20 Vein grafts occlusion and stenting:
O Sookur, Mauritius
17h20–17h40 History of cardiology in Mauritius:
V Bunwaree, Mauritius
17h40–18h00 Case presentation of a complex angiography:
M Domah, Mauritius