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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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Meeting Report: Development of the roadmap for reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality through the detection, treatment and control of hypertension in Africa: report of a working group of the PAS CAR Hypertension Task Force
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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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