Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 27 No 3 (May/June 2016)
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From the Editor's Desk |
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Cardiovascular Topics |
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Iloprost as an acute kidney injury-triggering agent in severely atherosclerotic patients |
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Changes in cardiac structure and function in a modified rat model of myocardial hypertrophy |
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Subclavian artery cannulation provides better myocardial protection in conventional repair of acute type A aortic dissection: experience from a single medical centre in Taiwan |
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Comparison of two different techniques for balloon sizing in percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty: which is preferable? |
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Clinical features, spectrum of causal genetic mutations and outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in South Africans |
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Administration of perivascular cyanoacrylate for the prevention of cellular damage in saphenous vein grafts: an experimental model |
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Effects of a PPAR -gamma receptor agonist and an angiotensin receptor antagonist on aortic contractile responses to alpha receptor agonists in diabetic and/or hypertensive rats |
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Tabula viva chirurgi: a living surgical document |
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Associations between body fat distribution, insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia in black and white South African women |
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Seven key actions to eradicate rheumatic heart disease in Africa: the Addis Ababa communiqué |
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Cardiology–cardiothoracic subspeciality training in South Africa: a position paper of the South Africa Heart Association |
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Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) at the Institute of Cardiology in Abidjan: indications, results and diagnostic accuracy |
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Review Articles |
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Patterns of international collaboration in cardiovascular research in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Case Reports |
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A case of enoxaparin-induced thrombocytopaenia during treatment of acute myocardial infarction |
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Transcatheter intervention in a child with scimitar syndrome |
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Short-term warfarin treatment for apical thrombus in a patient with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy |
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Unexpected complication of oesophagoscopy: iatrogenic aortic injury in a child |
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