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 6, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 289 ‘Between a rock and a couple of hard places’ BJ Cupido CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 291 Effects of intra-operative fluid management under the guidance of stroke volume variability on short-term prognosis after thoracoscopic lobectomy F Zhu • S Cheng • Y Yang • X Li • Z Tang 296 The role of inflammatory parameters in the prediction of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting H Şaşkin • KS Özcan • S Yildirim 304 Influence of verapamil on pressure overload-induced ventricular arrhythmias by regulating gene-expression profiles X Cheng • X Xu • C Zou • W Jiang 313 Prosthetic vascular graft management in above-knee amputations L Umur • I Selçuk 317 The relationship between gender and systemic immune–inflammation index in patients with new-onset essential hypertension E Altuntas • U Cetın • S Usalp
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