Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 32 No 6 (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 6, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 291 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Commerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 292 Assessment of P- to delta-wave interval and its relationship with accessory pathway properties in patients with pre-excitation OC Yontar • A Yanik • G Aksan 297 Cardiac manifestation of corona virus disease 2019: a preliminary report GT Lasisi • AO Duro-Emanuel • TE Akintomide • JO Ologunja 301 Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease: a one-year retrospective review of management and maternal and neonatal outcomes in a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa I Balieva • HA Rhemtula • L Chauke • A Wise • AA Voors • E Schapkaitz • H Lombaard 308 Factors associated with acute kidney injury and mortality during cardiac surgery G Leballo • HJ Moutlana • MK Muteba • PM Chakane 314 Relationship between P-wave dispersion, left ventricular mass index and function in Nigerian hypertensive patients FO Inofomoh • OB Familoni • CE Amadi 320 Clinical and echocardiographic findings in a cross-sectional study of HIV-infected adults in Enugu, Nigeria PO Njoku • EC Ejim • BC Anisiuba • SO Ike • BJC Onwubere REVIEW ARTICLE 327 Efficacy of amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cardioversion S Istratoaie • O Sabin • Ș C Vesa • G Cismaru • VI Donca • AD Buzoianu