Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 32 No 5 (SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021)

ISSN 1995-1892 (print) ISSN 1680-0745 (online) Cardiovascular Journal of Afr ica www.cvja.co.za CONTENTS INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET Vol 32, No 5, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 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 235 Radiation exposure protection: small things matter DG Buys • SC Brown CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 237 The spectrum, prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of cardiovascular diseases in a South African district hospital: a retrospective study P Mkoko • S Naidoo • M Niazi • A Tahira • X Godlwana • N Ndesi • T Majola • M Pepino • L Mbanga • ZV Jama • N Alam • B Mbhele • L Maphalala • M Ntsekhe 243 Pericardial SCUBE1 levels may help predict postoperative results in patients operated on for coronary artery bypass graft surgery T Özkara • V Yüksel • O Güçlü • S Hüseyin • E Özgün • FN Turan • S Canbaz 248 Association of premature ventricular complex burden with elevated left ventricular filling pressure AS Salem • MA Elkotby • GM Nasr • AT Abdellah 254 Can the arterial clamp method be used safely where a tourniquet cannot be used? O Erdogan • V Gürkan • C Sönmez • T Erden • S Atasoy • F Yildiz • B İ nan • A Adilli 261 Profile of adult patients presenting for rheumatic mitral valve surgery at a tertiary academic hospital N Mokitimi • K van der Donck • H Moutlana • PM Chakane 267 Birth prevalence of congenital heart disease among newborns in a tertiary hospital in Benin, Nigeria WE Sadoh • I Okonkwo • CA Okonkwo • FE Eki-udoko • E Emeruwa • P Monday • GI Osueni • J Amake • E Eyo-Ita • BE Otaigbe • GA Oko-oboh