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 4, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 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 197 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Comerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 198 Association between carotid intima–media thickness and acute kidney injury following isolated coronary artery bypass surgery Ç Düzyol • H Şaşkin 206 Atrial and ventricular arrhythmia predictors with electrocardiographic parameters in myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) S Asil • M Geneş • S Yaşar • S Fır tına • S Görmel • E Yıldırım • Y Gökoğlan • H Tolunay • B Buğan • AS Yaşar • M Çelik • UÇ Yüksel • C Barçın • HK Kabul 212 Radiation doses in endovascular revascularisation of lower-extremity arterial diseases IÇ Kaya • FA Kaya 218 Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital A-S Yakubu • E Amable • A Doku • F Agyekum 225 Association between salt sensitivity and blood pressure variability in patients with essential hypertension and predictive value for cardiovascular events B Zhang • D Zhao • X Dai • D Pan 231 Application of computed tomographic angiography and echocardiography in predicting left atrial appendage thrombosis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation X Wu • S Xu • S Ma • Z Wang • S Xu 237 Impact of diabetes mellitus on the frequency of post-operative complications after carotid endarterectomy GL Igrutinović • DD Nenezić • AR Jakovljević • ZN Elek • NM Miljković • MN Kasalović • DR Vićentijević
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