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CONTENTS
VOL 23, NO 5. JUNE 2012
Letters to the Editor
273 The grapefruit: an old wine in a new glass? Metabolic and cardiovascular perspectives
PMO Owira
285 Comment on: A systematic overview of prospective cohort studies of cardiovascular
disease in sub-Saharan Africa
Z-H Gao • R-Y Yuan
Review Article
281 The prevalence and outcome of effusive constrictive pericarditis: a systematic review of
the literature
M Ntsekhe • CS Wiysonge • PJ Commerford • BM Mayosi
Conference Report
286 Novo Nordisk incretin leadership summit, Cape Town
P Wagenaar • G Hardy • J Aalbers
Drug Trends
295 New ESC heart failure guidelines with South African expert comment
J Aalbers
299 EINSTEIN-PE study results, with South African expert comment
J Aalbers
300 The role of aspirin in cardiovascular disease prevention
P Wagenaar
PUBLISHED ONLINE
(Available on
and in Pubmed)
Case Reports
e1 Severe haemoptysis due to subclavian arteritis
A Lioulias • P Misthos • P Drosos • N Karagiannidis • D Pavlopoulos •
M Mitselou
e3 The dangerous fifth chamber: congenital left atrial appendage
aneurysm
KM Tigen • CEM Dogan • A Guler • S Hatipoglu • M Yanartas • C Kirma
e5 Corrected transposition of the great arteries with previously
unreported cardiac anomalies
A Kaya • IH Tanboga • M Kurt • T Işik • M Ozgokce • S Topçu •
E Aksakal
e8 Rocking mitral annuloplasty ring
P Panduranga • MK Mukhaini
e11 Repair of a right coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery
A Guler • MA Sahin • C Gunay • A Jahollari • H Tatar
HEALTHCARE
