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 33, No 3, MAY/JUNE 2022 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 103 Fascial plane regional anaesthesia techniques R Verbeek • F Montoya • JLC Swanevelder CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 108 Epicardial fat thickness assessment by multi-slice computed tomography for predicting cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation G Er taş • A Ekmekçi • S Şahin • A Murat • N Bakhshaliyev • HB Erer • TS Güvenç • M Eren 112 Response to ibutilide and the long-term outcome after catheter ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Y Wu • P Gao • Y Liu, Q Fang 117 The effect of single aortic cross-clamp technique versus multiple clamp technique on postoperative stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting EE Tekin • M Balli • MA Yesiltas • A Uysal 122 Tetralogy of Fallot in the nascent open-heart surgical era in a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria: lessons learnt OT Bamigboye-Taiwo • B Adeyefa • UU Onakpoya • OO Ojo • JO Eyekpegha • A Oguns • JAO Okeniyi 128 The use of strain-gauge plethysmography in the functional assessment of chronic venous disease: five-year experience at a single centre HS Başbuğ • H Göçer • K Özışık 138 Profile and management of acute coronary syndromes at primary- and secondary-level healthcare facilities in Cape Town F Uys • AT Beeton • S van der Walt • M Lamprecht • M Verryn • Y Vallie • D Stokes • RS Millar • CA Viljoen
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