Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 34 No 2 (MAY/JUNE 2023)

EDITORIAL	5
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK	5
CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS	6
Epidemiology and management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in a Tunisian university hospital	6
Role of nuclear factor kappa-B in TNF-induced cytoprotection	12
Clinical features and outcomes of infective endocarditis: a single-centre experience	20
Positive impact of training rural health workers in identification and prevention of acute rheumatic fever in eastern Uganda	27
Association between bifurcation angle of the left main coronary artery and severity of stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery	31
CircRNA-mediated pathology: a new preliminary insight into the mechanism of type II cardio-renal syndrome	36
Circulatory soluble LOX-1 is a novel predictor for coronary artery disease patients	42
Assessment of left atrial morphological and functional differences in professional male football players: a prospective, case–control study	47
CASE REPORTS	52
SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated thoraco-abdomino-iliac thrombosis in a patient without cardiac and systemic co-morbidity	52
Diphtheritic myocarditis: a case report, with toxinmediated complications and multi-organ involvement	55
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS	59
Improving cardiovascular outcomes for patients with heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: conference proceedings of the 2022 Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium	59

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