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
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)
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
Pregnancy-associated Heart
Disease
Prof K Sliwa-hahnle
ISSN 1995-1892 (print)
ISSN 1680-0745 (online)
Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
CONTENTS
INDEXED AT SCISEARCH (SCI), PUBMED, PUBMED CENTRAL AND SABINET
Vol 25, No 4, JULY/AUGUST 2014
147
Fromthe Editor’s Desk
P Commerford
Editorials
149 Cognitive decline: mechanisms and proposed role of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system
LH Opie
151 Sudden cardiac death in Africa
A Chin
Cardiovascular Topics
153 Ambulatory blood pressure profiles in a subset of HIV-positive patients pre and post
antiretroviral therapy
M Borkum • N Wearne • A Alfred • JA Dave • NS Levitt • B Rayner
159 Epidemiological African day for evaluation of patients at risk of venous thrombosis in acute
hospital care settings
S Kingue • L Bakilo • JZ Minkande • I Fifen • YP Gureja • HJC Razafimahandry • N Okubadejo •
R Mvuala • DA Oke • A Manga • T Rajaonera • C Nwadinigwe • E Pay Pay • N Rabearivony
165 Decline in mean platelet volume in patients with patent foramen ovale undergoing percutaneous
closure
B Düzel • NK Eren • R Berilgen • U Kocaba
ş
• M Gönençer • C Nazli • O Ergene
168 Infliximab, an anti-TNF-alpha agent, improves left atrial abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis: preliminary results
Ç Süha • VM Gökhan • K Göksal • Y Ekrem • D Mehmet • ÖM Akif
176 Rationale and design of the Pan-African Sudden Cardiac Death survey: the Pan-African SCD study
A Bonny • M Ngantcha • SN Amougou • A Kane • S Marrakch • E Okello • G Taty • A Gehani
• M Diakite • MA Talle • PD Lambiase • M Houenassi • A Chin • H Otieno • G Temu • I Koffi
Owusu • KM.Karaye • AAM Awad • BG Winkel • SG Priori • on behalf of the Pan-African
Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Death
