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 34, No 1, JANUARY–APRIL 2023 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 3 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Commerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 4 Changing face of pulmonary embolism with COVID-19 B Bagır tan • E Altuntas • S Yasar • KO Karabay 9 Aortic regurgitation: multimodal assessment of quantification and impact M-PB N’Cho-Mottoh • O Huttin • C Selton-Suty • S Scadi • L Filippetti • P-Y Marie 16 The impact of daily troponin I and D-dimer serum levels on mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia patients B Stavileci • E Ereren • E Özdemir • B Özdemir • M Cengiz • R Enar 23 Pre-morbid cardiometabolic risks among South Africans living in informal settlements K Mokwena • P Modjadji 30 The non-negligible association between SYNTAX score and anxiety–depressive disorders L Cerit • Z Cerit • H Duygu REVIEW ARTICLE 35 SA Heart consensus statement on closure of patent foramen ovale 2021 J Hitzeroth • P van der Bijl • F Michel • R Meel • BJ Cupido • E Klug
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