Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 32 No 3 (MAY/JUNE 2021)

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ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
Vol 32, No 3, MAY/JUNE 2021
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
EDITORIAL
115 Costing academic publications: author-pay principle, and manuscript submission and
article processing charges
PA Brink
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS
116 Analysis of risk factors for thrombosis of the left atrium/left atrial appendage in
patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
H Du • K Bi • L Xu • F Chen • W Xiong • Y Wang
123 Comparison of the improvement of flow-mediated dilatation in patients with acute
coronary syndrome versus stable angina after six-month cardiac rehabilitation
IH Jung • J Seo • GS Kim • HY Lee • YS Byun • BO Kim • KJ Rhee • S-J Hong • C Kim
129 A comparison of two different management plans for patients requiring both carotid
endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting
AN Ecevit • OG Karaca • M Kalaneder • M Bekmezci • MA Sungur • OT Darçin
133 Vascular health assessment with flow-mediated dilatation and retinal image analysis:
a pilot study in an adult population from Cape Town
C Marincowitz • I Webster • C Westcott • N Goswami • P de Boever • G Seidel • H Strijdom
141 Improvement of cardiac ventricular function by magnesium treatment in chronic
streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat heart
H Aboalgasm • M Petersen • A Gwanyanya
149 Effect of mitral valve replacement on left ventricular function in subjects with severe
rheumatic mitral regurgitation
S Maharaj • S Ponnusamy • D Naidoo