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 5, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 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 263 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK P Comerford CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS 264 A retrospective study: efficacy of an originator versus a generic formulation of simvastatin in patients who suffer from hyperlipidaemia JR Snyman • KR Snyman on behalf of Simvotin® study group 268 Feasibility of focused cardiac ultrasound training for non-cardiologists in a resourcelimited setting using a handheld ultrasound machine B Acheampong • JR Starnes • YA Awuku • D Parra • MH Aliyu • JH Soslow 273 Association between the serum lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 level and acute coronary syndrome L Dong • J Tong • S Fan 278 Is pre-operative monocyte count-high-density lipoprotein ratio associated with postoperative acute kidney injury in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting? H Şaşkın 285 A three-year audit of pregnancy outcomes in women with pulmonary hypertension admitted to the high-risk obstetric unit at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa S Budhram • P Krishundutt 292 Correlation between mitral valve area and left atrial function in rheumatic mitral valve stenosis patients A Fareed • M Hamed • F Makaldy • O Saleh 299 A new biomarker to predict atrial fibrillation and its adverse events after coronary artery bypass surgery: red blood cell distribution volume H Şaşkın • DA Görür
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