Editors
Acting Editor in Chief
(South Africa)
Prof PA Brink
Assistant Editor
Prof JAMES KER (JUN)
Regional Editor
DR A Dzudie
Regional Editor (Kenya)
Dr F Bukachi
Regional Editor (South Africa)
PROF R DELPORT
SUBJECT Editors
Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
DR MM SATHEKGE
Heart Failure
Dr g visagie
Paediatric
dr s brown
Renal Hypertension
dr brian rayner
Surgical
dr f aziz
Adult Surgery
dr j rossouw
Epidemiology and
Preventionist
dr ap kengne
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
PROF BM MAYOSI
Chronic Rheumatic Heart
Disease
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)
AFRICA
ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
VOL 24, NO 5. JUNE 2013
EditoriaL
151 The Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) in 2013 and beyond
A Dzudie • BM Mayosi
Cardiovascular Topics
154 Comparison of left atrial function in healthy individuals versus patients with non-ST-segment
elevation myocardial infarction using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography
Z Jing • C Jianchang • X Weiting • G Lan • F Shaikh • W Yanni
161 A comparison between size of the occluder device and two-dimensional transoesophageal
echocardiographic sizing of the ostium secundum atrial septal defect
A Hajizeinali • H Sadeghian • M Rezvanfard • M Alidoosti • A Zoroufian • MA Volman
165 The optimal time of B-type natriuretic peptide sampling associated with post-myocardial
infarction remodelling after primary percutaneous coronary intervention
H Choi • B-S Yoo • J-H Doh • H-J Yoon • M-S Ahn • J-Y Kim • S-H Lee • J Yoon
171 Epidemiological and clinical features, ultrasound findings and prognosis of right-sided
infective endocarditis in a teaching hospital in Ouagadougou
NV Yameogo • KA Sondo • AA Yameogo • LJ Kagambega • DG Mandi • KJ Kologo •
GRC Millogo • BJY Toguyeni • AK Samadoulougou • NJ-P Kabore • P Zabsonre
174 Maternal imbalance between pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors in HIV-infected
women with pre-eclampsia
N Govender • T Naicker • J Moodley
180 Prevalence and determinants of hypertension and associated cardiovascular risk factors:
data from a population-based, cross-sectional survey in Saint Louis, Senegal
S Pessinaba • A Mbaye • G-À-D Yabeta • A Kane • CT Ndao • MB Ndiaye • H Harouna • M Bodian •
M Diao • MN Mbaye • D Diagne • B Diack • M Kane • K Niang • J-BS Mathieu • A Kane
184 Pre-treatment before coronary artery bypass surgery improves post-operative outcomes
in moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
BS Oz • E Kaya • G Arslan • K Karabacak • F Cingoz • M Arslan
