Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 33 No 6 (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022)

EDITORIAL	5
Between a rock and a couple of hard places	5
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS	7
Effects of intra-operative fluid management under the guidance of stroke volume variability on short-term prognosis after thoracoscopic lobectomy	7
The role of inflammatory parameters in the prediction of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	12
Influence of verapamil on pressure overload-induced ventricular arrhythmias by regulating gene-expression profiles	20
Prosthetic vascular graft management in above-knee amputations	29
The relationship between gender and systemic immune–inflammation index in patients with new-onset essential hypertension	33
REVIEW ARTICLE	38
A clinical conundrum: review of anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves	38
CASE REPORTS	45
Subacute dual stent thromboses in a COVID-19-positive patient	45
PASCAR SEMINAR	49
PASCAR Clinical Research Training Task Force Seminar, Cape Heart Institute, University of Cape Town, 14 November 2022	48
CARDIO NEWS	50
First for Africa: robotic-assisted cardiothoracic surgery comes to South Africa	50

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