Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 30 No 2 (March/April 2019)

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CONTENTS
Vol 30, No 2, MARCH/APRIL 2019
103 Beta-blocker target dosing and tolerability in a dedicated heart failure clinic in
Johannesburg
J Bolon • K McCutcheon • E Klug • D Smith • P Manga
108 Effects of acute hypoxic provocation on the autonomic nervous system in ‘healthy’
young smokers, measured by heart rate variability
ZZ Taralov • PK Dimov • KV Terziyski • BI Marinov • MK Topolov • SS Kostianev
REVIEW ARTICLES
113 Assessment of adherence to medication for cardiovascular diseases:
measurement tools
B Uchmanowicz • A Szymań ska-Chabowska • B Jankowska-Polań ska
120 Blood pressure measurement in pregnancy and in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy:
devices, techniques and challenges
NC Ngene • J Moodley
PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on and in PubMed)
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
e1 Insuffisance circulatoire aiguë en milieu hospitalier cardiologique Dakarois:
a propos de 44 cas
(Acute circulatory failure in two cardiology departments in Dakar: 44 cases)
ND Gaye • AA Ngaidé • SCT Ndao • I Dongmo • SA Sarr • F Aw • JS Mingou • M Bodian •
MB Ndiaye • A Mbaye • M Sarr • M Diao • SA Ba
CASE REPORT
e7 Laron syndrome related to homozygous growth hormone receptor c.784>C mutation in
a patient with hypoplastic pulmonary arteries
A Akıncı • C Karakurt • V Hwa • İ Dündar • E Çamtosun