CONTENTS Vol 34, No 1, JANUARY–APRIL 2023 FINANCIAL & PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR ELSABÉ BURMEISTER Tel: 021 976 8129 Fax: 086 664 4202 Cell: 082 775 6808 e-mail: elsabe@clinicscardive.com PRODUCTION EDITOR SHAUNA GERMISHUIZEN Tel: 021 785 7178 Cell: 083 460 8535 e-mail: shauna@clinicscardive.com CONTENT MANAGER MICHAEL MEADON (Design Connection) Tel: 021 976 8129 Fax: 0866 557 149 e-mail: michael@clinicscardive.com The Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, incorporating the Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa, is published 10 times a year, the publication date being the third week of the designated month. COPYRIGHT: Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd. LAYOUT: Jeanine Fourie – TextWrap PRINTER: Tandym Print/Castle Graphics ONLINE PUBLISHING & CODING SERVICES: Design Connection & Active-XML.com All submissions to CVJA are to be made online via www.cvja.co.za Electronic submission by means of an e-mail attachment may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Postal address: PO Box 1013, Durbanville, RSA, 7551 Tel: 021 976 8129 Fax: 0866 644 202 Int.: +27 21 976 8129 e-mail: info@clinicscardive.com Electronic abstracts available on Pubmed Audited circulation Full text articles available on: www.cvja. co.za or via www.sabinet.co.za; for access codes contact elsabe@clinicscardive.com Subscription: To subscribe to the online PDF version of the journal, e-mail elsabe@clinicscardive.com • R500 per issue (excl VAT) • R2 500 for 1-year subscription (excl VAT) The views and opinions expressed in the articles and reviews published are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors of the Journal or its sponsors. In all clinical instances, medical practitioners are referred to the product insert documentation as approved by the relevant control authorities. CASE REPORTS 40 Resurgence of Shoshin beriberi during the COVID-19 pandemic K Govind • GL Gaskin • DP Naidoo 44 The optimal diagnosis and treatment of intravenous leimyomatosis HY Liu • J-G Xu • C-X Zhang 48 Aneurysmal degeneration in the Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft I Selçuk • BB Güven 51 An unusually large left ventricular thrombus complicating anterior myocardial infarction: the value of multimodality imaging L Dhlamini • R Meel • M Nethononda 55 Left thoracotomy approach for aortic root surgery R Komarov • A Ismailbaev • A Simonyan • I Ermetov • Ivan Ivashov 59 Mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm: two cases caused by Salmonella enterica Nehir Tandogar • M Şeyda Velioğlu Öcalmaz LETTER TO THE EDITOR 63 Alternative treatment of tricuspid valve vegetations S Lentini PASCAR NEWS 64 Netcare Umhlanga cardio-oncology unit centre of excellence PUBLISHED ONLINE (Available on www.cvja.co.za and in PubMed)
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