| EDITORIAL | 5 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR TOPICS | 7 |
| Prevalence and determinants of electrocardiographic abnormalities in sub-Saharan African individuals with type 2 diabetes | 7 |
| Follow up in a developing country of patients with complete atrio-ventricular block | 12 |
| QTc prolongation prior to angiography predicts poor outcome and associates significantly with lower left ventricular ejection fractions and higher left ventricular end-diastolic pressures | 15 |
| Statistical profiling of hospital performance using acute | 20 |
| REVIEW ARTICLE | 26 |
| MEETING REPORT | 46 |
| DRUG TRENDS IN CARDIOLOGY | 47 |
| CASE REPORTS - PUBLISHED ONLINE | 51 |
| Infections secondary to pacemaker implantation: a synopsis of six cases | 51 |
| MRI finding of a papillary muscle cyst: a differential diagnosis | 55 |
| Successful management of spontaneous aortic dissection type B in the third trimester of pregnancy | 57 |
| Single-stage repair of adult aortic coarctation and concomitant coronary artery disease: an unusual surgical approach through median sternotomy | 60 |