Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: Vol 26 No 2 Supplement (March/April 2015)

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CONTENTS
Vol 26, No 2, H3Africa Supplement, MARCH/APRIL 2015
Review Articles
S21 Rheumatic heart disease in Africa: is there a role for genetic studies?
AO Mocumbi
S27 The burden of stroke in Africa: a glance at the present and a glimpse into the future
MO Owolabi • S Akarolo-Anthony • R Akinyemi • D Arnett • M Gebregziabher • C Jenkins •
H Tiwari • O Arulogun • A Akpalu • FS Sarfo • R Obiako • L Owolabi • K Sagoe • S Melikam •
AM Adeoye • D Lackland • B Ovbiagele • as members of the H3Africa Consortium
S39 Stroke genomics in people of African ancestry: charting new paths
RO Akinyemi • B Ovbiagele • A Akpalu • C Jenkins • K Sagoe • L Owolabi • F Sarfo •
R Obiako • M Gebreziabher • E Melikam • S Warth • O Arulogun • D Lackland • A Ogunniyi •
H Tiwari • RN Kalaria • D Arnett • MO Owolabi • for the SIREN investigators as members of
the H3Africa Consortium
S50 Sickle cell disease and H3Africa: enhancing genomic research on cardiovascular
diseases in African patients
A Wonkam • J Makani • S Ofori-Aquah • OE Nnodu • M Treadwell • C Royal •
K Ohene-Frempong • as members of the H3Africa Consortium
S56 Endothelial dysfunction: a unifying hypothesis for the burden of cardiovascular
diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
UKA Sampson • MM Engelgau • EK Peprah • GA Mensah