Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 32 No 6 (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021)

EDITORIAL 5
From the Editor’s Desk 5
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 6
Assessment of P- to delta-wave interval and its relationship with accessory pathway properties in patients with pre-excitation 6
Cardiac manifestation of corona virus disease 2019: a preliminary report 11
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 15
Factors associated with acute kidney injury and mortality during cardiac surgery 22
Relationship between P-wave dispersion, left ventricular mass index and function in Nigerian hypertensive patients 28
Clinical and echocardiographic findings in a crosssectional study of HIV-infected adults in Enugu, Nigeria 34
REVIEW ARTICLE 41
Efficacy of amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cardioversion 41
CASE REPORTS 53
Repetitive use of levosimendan in clinical practice: a case series 53
Peri-operative echocardiography for lung transplantation in a critical patient with COVID-19 57
Challenging paediatric coarctation cases treated with a hybrid approach: five-year follow up 60

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