Mean platelet volume is associated with myocardial perfusion defect in diabetic patients.

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) represents a major public health problem due to its high and increasing prevalence, worldwide distribution, and significant morbidity and mortality rate. Female gender is a risk factor for PAD globally and especially in low-income countries. In this review, we summarise the present kn...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Comşa HI,Zdrenghea D,Man SC,Pop D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present images of a chest CT scan of an 89-year-old man, showing an area of localised dissection in the convexity of the aortic arch. The ascending and descending aorta were not involved in the disease. The patient suffered a stroke, with severe neurological impairment. Differential diagnosis was undertaken. ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Lentini S,Passari G,David A,Gaeta R

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a study of the pre-operative factors that influence quality of life (QoL) in patients with coronary artery disease and the relationship between pre-operative QoL and early outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). Using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, 283 patients who underwent isolated coronary art...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Najafi M,Sheikhvatan M,Montazeri A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular hypertrophy is a common complication of primary hyperparathyroidism. Numerous disturbances of myocardial physiology have been described as a result of excess parathyroid hormone action. In this brief communication, another phenotype of the hyperparathyroid heart is proposed, the 'pseudo-myocardial inf...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Ker J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCMP) is characterised by a temporary aneurysm of the left ventricular apex in individuals without significant stenosis of the coronary arteries. It is extremely rare to see it combined with a thrombus. In this case report, we present a 57-year-old female patient with TCMP in whom apical thro...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Icli A,Akilli H,Kayrak M,Aribas A,Ozdemir K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document maternal and foetal morbidity and mortality in anticoagulated, pregnant patients with mechanical heart valves until 42 days postpartum. METHODS:In a tertiary single-centre, prospective cohort, 178 consecutive patients at the cardiac-obstetric clinic were screened for warfarin use between 1 July 2...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Kariv S,Azibani F,Baard J,Osman A,Soma-Pillay P,Anthony J,Sliwa K

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Associations between ambient temperature and blood pressure have been demonstrated in countries where the temperature varies between the seasons. This phenomenon has been overlooked in blood pressure surveys in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the effect of ambient temperature on blood pressure in an adult ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Kunutsor SK,Powles JW

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of diabetes mellitus on early morbidity and mortality following a femoro-popliteal bypass. METHODS:Clinical data on patients subjected to a prosthetic above-the-knee femoro-popliteal bypass for atherothrombotic disease over a four-year period in the Durban Metropolitan Vascular Servi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Mulaudzi TV,Robbs JV,Paruk N,Pillay B,Madiba TE,Govindsamy V

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute type II aortic dissection and aortic coarctation are rare combined disorders. This report is of a patient with coarctation, a bicuspid aortic valve and type II dissection, who underwent emergency repair for the dissection, with aortic valve preservation. Repair of the coarctation was planned for a future occasio...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Bezgin T,Doğan C,Elveran A,Karagöz A,Yücel C,Esen AM

更新日期：2013-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the case of a 65-year-old man with unstable angina due to a left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery single aneurysm. On a beating heart, the aneurysm was partially resected and the left internal thoracic artery was grafted in situ as a patch to the LAD opening. The patient remains well and free of ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Misthos P,Kokotsakis JN,Lioulias AG,Skouteli EA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To provide imaging data and report associations between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in a South African population that underwent computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for suspected PE. METHODS:A validated Qanadli severity scoring system for PE was us...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Ramlakhan R,Andronikou S,Rajkumar A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction is a rare complication of dobutamine stress echocardiography. We describe the case of a diabetic patient who presented with an anterior myocardial infarction complicated by an acute pulmonary oedema and cardiogenic collapse during dobutamine stress echocardiography, requiring five days' hos...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Yameogo NV,Mbaye A,Kagambega LJ,Dioum M,Diagne-Sow D,Kane M,Diack B,Kane A

更新日期：2013-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysms of the left atrial appendage are extremely rare. Enlargement of the left atrial appendage can be congenital or acquired. Dysplasia of the left atrial muscles leads to congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm and usually presents as atrial tachyarrhythmia or embolic events in the second or third decade of li...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Tigen KM,Dogan C,Guler A,Hatipoglu S,Yanartas M,Kirma C

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of hypertension (HTN) has increased rapidly in the Sudan in the last few years. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of uncontrolled HTN and the risk factors associated with it in Sudanese adults. METHODS:This study was cross sectional. Data were collected using structured que...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Babiker FA,Elkhalifa LA,Moukhyer ME

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the 1987 article by Wyndham, Seftel, Pilcher and Baker on familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and myocardial infarction (MI) in young Afrikaners, in terms of the significance at the time of publication, as well as the relevance of their findings versus current observations on hypercholesterolaemi...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Delport R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenic imbalance contributes to the development of preeclampsia. We evaluated the protein expression of the proangiogenic placental growth factor (PlGF) and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) compared with the anti-angiogenic soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor (sFlt1) and soluble endoglin (sEng) in ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Govender N,Naicker T,Moodley J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paediatric cardiac services in Nigeria have been perceived to be inadequate but no formal documentation of availability and distribution of facilities and services has been done. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate and document the currently available paediatric cardiac services in Nigeria. METHODS:In this questionnaire...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Ekure EN,Sadoh WE,Bode-Thomas F,Orogade AA,Animasahun AB,Ogunkunle OO,Babaniyi I,Anah MU,Otaigbe BE,Olowu A,Okpokowuruk F,Omokhodion SI,Maduka OC,Onakpoya UU,Adiele DK,Sani UM,Asani M,Yilgwan CS,Daniels Q,Uzodimma C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) results in glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) translocation from the cytosol to the cell membrane, and glucose uptake in the skeletal muscles. This increased activation of AMPK can be stimulated by a pharmacological agent, AICAR (5' -aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleos...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Webster I,Friedrich SO,Lochner A,Huisamen B

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) results in higher morbidity and mortality rates in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient populations than in patients with normal renal function. This study aimed to identify the early results of CABG performed on ESRD patients, and the factors that affected the mort...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Çevirme D,Adademir T,Aksüt M,Örki T,Çakalağaoğlu KC,Alp M,Kirali K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the frontrunner in the disease spectrum of sub-Saharan Africa, with stroke and ischaemic heart disease ranked seventh and 14th as leading causes of death, respectively, on this sub-continent. Unfortunately, this region is also grappling with many communicable, maternal, neonatal and nut...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Ojji DB,Lamont K,Ojji OI,Egenti BN,Sliwa K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 57-year-old female who experienced iatrogenic left main-stem (LMS) dissection during elective coronary angiography. The dissection immediately affected the circumflex artery (Cx), causing its total distal occlusion, and the left anterior descending artery (LAD), in which a metal stent, implant...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Zwoliński R,Marcinkiewicz A,Szymczyk K,Pietruszyński R,Jaszewski R

更新日期：2015-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Although plasma NT-proBNP differentiates hypertension (HT) with or without left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) from hypertensive heart failure (HHF), most of the published data are based on studies in Western populations. Also, most previous studies did not consider left ventricular (LV) diastolic function and right...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Ojji DB,Opie LH,Lecour S,Lacerda L,Adeyemi OM,Sliwa K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether a single elevated myocardial performance index (MPI) value in the third trimester of pregnancy is a marker for later adverse obstetric outcomes in stable placental-mediated disease, defined as well-controlled pre-eclampsia (PE) on a single agent and/or uncompensated intra-uterine growth restric...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Bhorat I,Pillay M,Reddy T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biennial Congress of the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) was held in Dakar from 16 to 19 May 2013 under the patronage of his Excellency, Macky Sall, president of the Republic of Senegal. This meeting was remarkable in the diversity of its 700 participants from English-, French- and Portuguese-speaking A...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Dzudie A,Mayosi B

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyslipidaemia is a major modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. At the time the study was conducted, guidelines recommended a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target of less than 1.8 mmol/l and a reduction of at least 50% if the baseline LDL-C was between 1.8 and 3.5 mm...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Blom DJ,Ranjith N,Joshi P,Naidoo P,van Tonder A,Musa MG,Joshi S,Leisegang R,Trokis JS,Makan H,Raal FJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant hypertension is a common clinical problem in South Africa and is frequently associated with low renin and aldosterone levels, especially in black Africans. In South Africa, novel variants in the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) have been described to be associated with varying degrees of hypokalaemia and hyp...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Freercks R,Meldau S,Jones E,Ensor J,Weimers-Willard C,Rayner B

更新日期：2017-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal disease. In Angola, few data are available on its occurrence. The aim of the study was to characterise the clinical profile, management and outcomes of patients with PE. METHODS:A retrospective observational study was conducted at the Girassol Clinic in Luanda, ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Manuel A,Aufico A,Africano R,Peralta T,Salas A,Silva A,Ricardo J,Sabola P,Baião D,Sotolongo C,Neto AD,Martins T,Sabino V,van Dúnem J,Júnior APF

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many reports have detailed the advantages and disadvantages between femoral and subclavian arterial cannulations for acute aortic dissection type A (AADA), the confounding factors caused by disease severity and surgical procedures could not be completely eliminated. We compared femoral and subclavia...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Hsu PS,Chen JL,Tsai CS,Tsai YT,Lin CY,Lee CY,Ke HY,Lin YC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In the current prospective study, we addressed the impact of RA on left atrial (LA) function and electrical remodelling. Further, we tried to demonstrate the effects of infliximab, an anti-TNF-alpha agent, on echoc...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Çetin S,Mustafa G,Keskin G,Yeter E,Doğan M,Öztürk MA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify socio-demographic and lifestyle determinants of weight gain in a sample of premenopasual black South African (SA) women. METHODS:Changes in body composition (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, computerised tomography), socio-economic status (SES) and behavioural/lifestyle factors were measured in ...

journal_title：Cardiovascular journal of Africa

authors： Chantler S,Dickie K,Micklesfield LK,Goedecke JH

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00