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ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
www.cvja.co.zaCONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
Vol 31, No 2, MARCH/APRIL 2020
EDITORS
Editor-in-Chief
(South Africa)
PROF PAT COMMERFORD
Assistant Editor
PROF JAMES KER (JUN)
Regional Editor
DR A DZUDIE
Regional Editor (Kenya)
DR F BUKACHI
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
EDITORIAL BOARD
PROF PA BRINK
Experimental & Laboratory
Cardiology
PROF R DELPORT
Chemical Pathology
PROF MR ESSOP
Haemodynamics, Heart Failure
& Valvular Heart Disease
DR OB FAMILONI
Clinical Cardiology
DR V GRIGOROV
Invasive Cardiology & Heart
Failure
PROF J KER (SEN)
Hypertension, Cardiomyopathy,
Cardiovascular Physiology
DR J LAWRENSON
Paediatric Heart Disease
PROF A LOCHNER
Biochemistry/Laboratory
Science
DR MT MPE
Cardiomyopathy
PROF DP NAIDOO
Echocardiography
PROF B RAYNER
Hypertension/Society
PROF MM SATHEKGE
Nuclear Medicine/Society
PROF YK SEEDAT
Diabetes & Hypertension
PROF H DU T THERON
Invasive Cardiology
INTERNATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
PROF DAVID CELEMAJER
Australia (Clinical Cardiology)
PROF KEITH COPELIN FERDINAND
USA (General Cardiology)
DR SAMUEL KINGUE
Cameroon (General Cardiology)
DR GEORGE A MENSAH
USA (General Cardiology)
PROF WILLIAM NELSON
USA (Electrocardiology)
DR ULRICH VON OPPEL
Wales (Cardiovascular Surgery)
PROF PETER SCHWARTZ
Italy (Dysrhythmias)
PROF ERNST VON SCHWARZ
USA (Interventional Cardiology)
SUBJECT EDITORS
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
DR MM SATHEKGE
Heart Failure
DR G VISAGIE
Paediatric
DR S BROWN
Paediatric Surgery
DR DARSHAN REDDY
Renal Hypertension
DR BRIAN RAYNER
Surgical
DR F AZIZ
Adult Surgery
DR J ROSSOUW
Epidemiology and Preventionist
DR AP KENGNE
Pregnancy-associated Heart
Disease
PROF K SLIWA-HAHNLE
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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
58
Endothelial dysfunction in HIV-positive patients with acute coronary syndromes
A Vachiat • T Dix-Peek • R Duarte • P Manga
65 Does acid reflux precipitate ischaemia in subjects with acute coronary syndrome?
SK George • B Tlou • S Ponnusamy • DP Naidoo
71 Sevoflurane- and propofol-based regimens show comparable effect on oxygenation in
patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement with cardiopulmonary bypass
Z Luo • X Wei • Y Zuo • G Du
75 An easy method for monitoring patients wıth pulmonary hypertension: P-wave
dispersion
AO Cimen • S Emet
81 Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) protects against nicotine-induced vascular injury and
oxidative stress in Wistar rats
M Smit-van Schalkwyk • S Windvogel • H Strijdom
91 Impact of metabolic and inflammatory changes on glomerular function beyond
conventional risk factors in an urban South Africa community with prevalent obesity
G Norman • AJ Woodiwiss • V Peterson • M Gomes • P Sareli • GR Norton