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 3, JULY/AUGUST 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 131 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Commerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 132 Prognostic value of myocardial scar in ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging R Laymouna • E El-Sharkawy • S El-Tahan • M Elfiky 140 Trends and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in Lagos, Nigeria: a 16-year review AC Mbakwem • CE Amadi • JN Ajuluchukwu • OA Kushimo 150 Clinical profile and outcomes of young patients treated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators at a South African tertiary hospital: a review of two decades of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation and follow up P Mkoko • K Solomon • A Chin 157 Prevalence and associated risk factors for elevated blood pressure in young adults in South Africa S Naidoo • J Fabian • SA Norris 164 Creating blood conservation for a cardiothoracic surgical hospital: when you have to start from scratch! C Indelen • YU Kizmaz • A Erkilinc • AE Altinay • A Shander • MK Kirali 169 Assessment of papillary muscle free strain in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophy C Yildiz • A Koyuncu • L Ocal • MO Gursoy • E Oflar • G Kahveci 175 Combined systolic velocities using tissue Doppler imaging could predict the severity of cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study I Dönmez • E Acar
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