Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Article	Citations
Dengue and the heart	18
Factors associated with acute kidney injury and mortality during cardiac surgery	12
Dietary intakes of green leafy vegetables and incidence of cardiovascular diseases	8
The modulating effects of green rooibos (Aspalathuslinearis) extract on vascular function and antioxidantstatus in obese Wistar rats	8
PASCAR commentary on the International Society of Hypertension global guidelines 2020: relevance to sub-Saharan Africa	8
PRELP promotes myocardial fibrosis and ventricular remodelling after acute myocardial infarction by the wnt/β–catenin signalling pathway	6
Persistent cardiac arrest caused by profound hypokalaemia after large-dose insulin injection in a young man with type 1 diabetes mellitus: successful rescue with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation an	5
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards therapeutic lifestyle changes in the management of hypertension in Khartoum State	5
Interleukin-6 and its correlations with maternal characteristics and echocardiographic parameters in pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension and normotensive pregnancy	5
The relationship between gender and systemic immune–inflammation index in patients with new-onset essential hypertension	5
Atrial high-rate episodes: a comprehensive review	5
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and simultaneous acute anteroseptal and inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	4
Posterior infarction: a STEMI easily missed	4
National prevalence of coronary heart disease andstroke in South Africa from 1990–2017: a systematicreview and meta-analysis	4
Delayed retinal vein recovery responses indicate both non-adaptation to stress as well as increased risk for stroke: the SABPA study	4
Restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by diffuse calcification of the left ventricle after 20 years of haemodialysis	3
The role of inflammatory parameters in the prediction of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	3
Endovascular treatment of Buerger’s disease in patients with critical limb ischaemia	3
Fatal pulmonary oedema associated with severe pre-eclampsia: challenges and lessons	3
Comparison of endothelial function and cardiometabolic profiles of people living with HIV in two South African regions: the EndoAfrica study	3
Clinical and echocardiographic findings in a crosssectional study of HIV-infected adults in Enugu, Nigeria	3
An epidemiological study to define the recent clinical characteristics and outcomes of infective endocarditis in southern Turkey	3
A clinical conundrum: review of anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves	3
Profile of adult patients presenting for rheumatic mitral valve surgery at a tertiary academic hospital	3
Subclinical anthracycline therapy-related cardiac dysfunction: an ignored stage B heart failure in an African population	3

Assessment of pacemaker lead-related infective endocarditis with three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography	3
Relationship between physical activity and carotid intima–media thickness among teachers in South Africa: the SABPA study	3
Vascular health assessment with flow-mediateddilatation and retinal image analysis: a pilot study in anadult population from Cape Town	3
Cardiovascular view of intermediate and high-riskCOVID-19 patients: single-centre experience with lowmortality and intensive care hospitalisation rates	3
The Healthy Aging Adult South Africa report card: a systematic review of the evidence between 2013 and 2020 for middle-aged South African men and women	3
Value of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for clinical diagnosis and prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation	3
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the city of Cape Town metropole of the Western Cape province of South Africa: a spatio-temporal analysis	2
Electrocardiogram manifestations of hyponatraemia	2
Analysis of the vascular access service for patients onhaemodialysis in Livingstone Hospital	2
Study of congenital heart defects among neonates in Jos, Nigeria: prevalence and spectrum	2
Clinical spectrum and prevalence of congenital heart disease in children in Botswana	2
Ethopia Country Report PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	2
PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	2
Effect of invasive strategy on long-term mortality in elderly patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome	2
A new inflammatory marker: elevated eosinophil-tolymphocyte ratio associated with presence and severity of isolated coronary artery ectasia	2
Birth prevalence of congenital heart disease among newborns in a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria	2
The effect of lifestyle modification on depression amongmyocardial infarction patients after revascularisation	2
Profile and management of acute coronary syndromes at primary- and secondary-level healthcare facilities in Cape Town	2
Association of premature ventricular complex burden with elevated left ventricular filling pressure	2
Assessing volumetric changes in abdominal aortic aneurysms following endovascular repair	2
Prevalence, patterns and predictors of dyslipidaemia in Nigeria: a report from the REMAH study	2
Analysis of risk factors for thrombosis of the left atrium/left atrial appendage in patients with non-valvular atrialfibrillation	2
The therapeutic management of South African dyslipidaemic patients at very high cardiovascular risk (CARDIO TRACK): a cross-sectional study	2
Improvement of cardiac ventricular function bymagnesium treatment in chronic streptozotocin-induceddiabetic rat heart	2
Awareness of heart failure and perception of the problem in the general population	2
The optimal diagnosis and treatment of intravenous leimyomatosis	2
Resistivity index in the diagnosis and assessment of loss of renal function in diabetic nephropathy	2
Permanent His bundle pacing using a Biotronik styletdriven lead: feasibility and early outcomes from a single centre	2
The spectrum of rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation presenting to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, over a 10-year period	1
Very rare malposition of central venous catheter in cardiac surgery patients	1
The non-negligible association between SYNTAX score and anxiety–depressive disorders	1
Epidemiology and management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in a Tunisian university hospital	1
Subacute dual stent thromboses in a COVID-19-positive patient	1
Prognostic value of admission hyperglycaemia in black Africans with acute coronary syndromes: a crosssectional study	1
Is pre-operative monocyte count-high-density lipoprotein ratio associated with postoperative acute kidney injury in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting?	1
Melatonin against pulmonary arterial hypertension:is it ready for testing in patients?	1
Aneurysmal degeneration in the Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft	1
Repetitive use of levosimendan in clinical practice: a case series	1
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus mimicking benign cardiac tumour of the mitral valve	1
Surgical treatment of left atrial dissection caused by percutaneous coronary intervention	1
Challenging paediatric coarctation cases treated with a hybrid approach: five-year follow up	1
Evaluation of the effect of different block techniques on open-heart surgery in the postoperative period: a prospective observational study	1
Experience of cardiac implantable electronic device lead removal from a South African tertiary referral centre	1
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome associated with rapid progression of cardiac, pulmonary and skin infiltration	1
Basal Takotsubo syndrome induced bypheochromocytoma rupture	1
Kounis syndrome caused by bee sting: a case report and literature review	1
Radiation exposure protection: small things matter	1
Assessment of P- to delta-wave interval and its relationship with accessory pathway properties in patients with pre-excitation	1
Bleeding complications in patients on new oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism in Kenya	1
Echocardiographic abnormalities in children and adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus on highly active antiretroviral treatment	1

Diphtheritic myocarditis: a case report, with toxinmediated complications and multi-organ involvement	1
The impact of daily troponin I and D-dimer serum levels on mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	1
Pregnancy in women with cardiac disease: a one-year retrospective review of management and maternal and neonatal outcomes in a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
Long-term blood pressure trajectories and associations with age and body mass index among urban women in South Africa	1
NT-proBNP and metabolic risk factors in a bi-ethnic cohort: the Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African prospective cohort study	1
Assessment of papillary muscle free strain in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophy	1
A 10-year retrospective analysis of the clinical profile and outcomes of infective endocarditis at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1
Pericardial SCUBE1 levels may help predict postoperative results in patients operated on for coronary artery bypass graft surgery	1
Effect of heroin on right ventricular cardiac performance	1
Efficacy of amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cardioversion	1
Determination of optimal cut-off values for waist circumferences used for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome among Batswana adults (ELS 32)	1
The contribution of plasma uric acid to the risk of stroke in hypertensive populations	1
The spectrum, prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of cardiovascular diseases in a South African district hospital: a retrospective study	1
Pre-morbid cardiometabolic risks among South Africans living in informal settlements	1
SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated thoraco-abdomino-iliac thrombosis in a patient without cardiac and systemic co-morbidity	1
How do we measure the implementation of the World Health Assembly resolution on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in African countries? Rationale and design of an evidence-based scorecard	1
Improving cardiovascular outcomes for patients with heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: conference proceedings of the 2022 Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium	1
Hypertension treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review	1
Response to ibutilide and the long-term outcome after catheter ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation	1
A new biomarker to predict atrial fibrillation and its adverse events after coronary artery bypass surgery: red blood cell distribution volume	1
Role of nuclear factor kappa-B in TNF-induced cytoprotection	1
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis in pregnancy: a case series on acute management	1
Cardiac manifestation of corona virus disease 2019: a preliminary report	1
Epicardial fat thickness assessment by multi-slice computed tomography for predicting cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation	1
SA Heart consensus statement on closure of patent foramen ovale 2021	0
Comparison of the improvement of flow-mediateddilatation in patients with acute coronary syndromeversus stable angina after six-month cardiacrehabilitation	0
Aortic regurgitation: multimodal assessment of quantification and impact	0
Stubbornly preserving native leaflets is not always right: a case of tricuspid valve re-operation	0
Association of microalbuminuria with serum lipids and inflammatory markers in an adult population in the Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System site, South Africa	0
Prosthetic vascular graft management in above-knee amputations	0
Nine-year, single-centre experience of left atrial appendage occlusion: patient characteristics, procedural outcomes and long-term follow up	0
Outcomes of pregnancy with pulmonary hypertension: low risk or a false dawn?	0
The effects on clinical outcomes of administering medications together or separately in prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy after peripheral revascularisation	0
A cross-sectional study of the spectrum, aetiology and clinical characteristics of adult mitral valve disease at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	0
Association between bifurcation angle of the left main coronary artery and severity of stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery	0
Left thoracotomy approach for aortic root surgery	0
Percutaneous coronary intervention facilities in Nigeria	0
Tetralogy of Fallot in the nascent open-heart surgical era in a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria: lessons learnt	0
Application of computed tomographic angiography and echocardiography in predicting left atrial appendage thrombosis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation	0
Influence of verapamil on pressure overload-induced ventricular arrhythmias by regulating gene-expression profiles	0
Electric cardioversion in patients treated with oral anticoagulants: embolic material in the left atrial appendage	0
Calcified right ventricular fibroma in an adult	0
Prevalence and associated risk factors for elevated blood pressure in young adults in South Africa	0
Pre-operative neurodevelopmental assessment in young children undergoing cardiac surgery in central South Africa: feasibility and clinical value	0
A comparison of AAIR versus DDDR pacing for patients with sinus node dysfunction: a long-term follow-up study	0
The effect of single aortic cross-clamp technique versus multiple clamp technique on postoperative stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	0
A three-year audit of pregnancy outcomes in women with pulmonary hypertension admitted to the high-risk obstetric unit at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Right atrial strain in a normal adult African population according to age	0
Effects of intravenous sodium thiosulfate on vascular calcification in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	0
Feasibility of focused cardiac ultrasound training for non-cardiologists in a resource-limited setting using a handheld ultrasound machine	0
A report card for healthy aging in South Africa	0
Circulatory soluble LOX-1 is a novel predictor for coronary artery disease patients	0
Characteristics and immediate outcomes of patients who underwent percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Tanzania	0
Prognostic value of myocardial scar in ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	0
Pre-eclampsia: does cardiac function differ in HIV-positive and -negative women?	0
First Malian series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease: opening of the centre, clinical features and peri-operative realities	0
Atrial and ventricular arrhythmia predictors with electrocardiographic parameters in myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA)	0
The effect of different anaesthesia techniques on postoperative pain and hospital discharge in varicose vein surgery	0
2022 SASCI/SCTSSA joint consensus statement and guideline on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in South Africa	0
Outcome of concomitant left atrial ablation during valvular heart surgery: an African perspective	0
Fascial plane regional anaesthesia techniques	0
Association of changes in NT-proBNP, hsTnT and uric acid levels with haemodynamic changes after targeted medical therapies in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension	0
Enhancing cardiovascular skills development in Africa: Khartoum first PTMC workshop	0
Clinical profile and outcomes of young patients treated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators at a South African tertiary hospital: a review of two decades of implantable cardioverter defibrill	0
Identifying the optimal monopolar electrocautery output power in pedicular internal thoracic artery harvesting: 20 or 40 watts?	0
Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital	0
Surgical experience in adults with Ebstein’s anomaly: long-term results	0
A retrospective study: efficacy of an originator versus a generic formulation of simvastatin in patients who suffer from hyperlipidaemia	0
An unusually large left ventricular thrombus complicating anterior myocardial infarction: the value of multimodality imaging	0
The importance of baseline fractional flow reserve to detect significant coronary artery stenosis in different patient populations	0
Severe bradycardia caused by diabetic ketoacidosis	0
Arterial stiffness assessment in obese black South African patients	0
A strategy to improve adherence to guidelinedirected medical therapy (GDMT) and the role of the multidisciplinary team in a heart-failure programme	0
The use of strain-gauge plethysmography in the functional assessment of chronic venous disease: five-year experience at a single centre	0
Association between carotid intima–media thickness and acute kidney injury following isolated coronary artery bypass surgery	0
Ventricular septal defect closure using radial incision of the tricuspid valve for exposure: is it really necessary?	0
Creating blood conservation for a cardiothoracic surgical hospital: when you have to start from scratch!	0
Associations of conscientiousness with cardiac troponin T and stress coping responses in a teacher cohort: the SABPA prospective cohort study	0
The role of immature platelet count and immature platelet fraction in determining the need for transfusion in patients undergoing CABG	0
Successful retrieval of an entrapped and uncoiled guide wire using a wire-cutting technique	0

The safety and efficacy of pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis in lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis	0
Acute coronary syndrome complicated by cardiogenic shock in a young adult: a case report from Dakar, Senegal	0
Exacerbation of severe constrictive pericarditis afterprior inadequate pericardiectomy	0
A case of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric arterial dissection with coeliac axis stenosis	0
Systemic immune–inflammation index, and neutrophilto-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios can predict clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome	0
Identification and treatment of asymptomatic central venous catheter thrombosis after TAVI	0
A comparison of two different management plans forpatients requiring both carotid endarterectomy andcoronary artery bypass grafting	0
Clinical features and outcomes of infective endocarditis: a single-centre experience	0
Internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm after redo aortic root replacement	0
Trends and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in Lagos, Nigeria: a 16-year review	0
Assessment value of the modified early warning score for long-term prognosis of older patients with chronic heart failure	0
A rare endocrine cause of ventricular tachycardia: a case series of two patients and a literature review	0
Relationship between P-wave dispersion, left ventricular mass index and function in Nigerian hypertensive patients	0
The joint 15th Pan-African Society of Cardiology and Kenya Cardiac Society congress proceedings, 2021	0
Left brachiocephalic vein–right atrial bypass in superior vena cava syndrome	0
Mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm: two cases caused by Salmonella enterica	0
Hybrid rotablation and drug-eluting balloon strategy	0
The added value of molecular-based diagnostics in the African forensic medical setting	0
Between a rock and a couple of hard places	0
Resurgence of Shoshin beriberi during the COVID-19 pandemic	0
Changes in blood pressure after catheter-based renal denervation in South Africa	0
Establishing ionising radiation safety culture during interventional cardiovascular procedures	0
Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis	0
Assessment of left atrial morphological and functional differences in professional male football players: a prospective, case–control study	0
Alternative treatment of tricuspid valve vegetations	0
Impact of diabetes mellitus on the frequency of postoperative complications after carotid endarterectomy	0
PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecardproject	0
Peri-operative echocardiography for lung transplantation in a critical patient with COVID-19	0
Radiation doses in endovascular revascularisation of lower-extremity arterial diseases	0
CircRNA-mediated pathology: a new preliminary insight into the mechanism of type II cardio-renal syndrome	0
Can the arterial clamp method be used safely where a tourniquet cannot be used?	0
Association between salt sensitivity and blood pressure variability in patients with essential hypertension and predictive value for cardiovascular events	0
The use of brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulae for haemodialysis: a single-centre descriptive study	0
Effects of intra-operative fluid management under the guidance of stroke volume variability on short-term prognosis after thoracoscopic lobectomy	0
The discrepancy of aromatase expression in epicardial adipose tissue between CHD and non-CHD patients	0
Correlation between mitral valve area and left atrial function in rheumatic mitral valve stenosis patients	0
Empagliflozin significantly prevents QTc prolongation due to amitriptyline intoxication	0
Investigation of left ventricular changes according to valve type in patients with surgical replacement due to isolated aortic stenosis	0
Association between the serum lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 level and acute coronary syndrome	0
Effect of mitral valve replacement on left ventricularfunction in subjects with severe rheumatic mitralregurgitation	0
Combined systolic velocities using tissue Doppler imaging could predict the severity of cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study	0
Effect of different priming fluids on extravascular lung water, cell integrity and oxidative stress in cardiopulmonary bypass surgery	0
Association between apelin-12 and creatine kinase-MB, depending on success of reperfusion in STEMI patients	0
Changing face of pulmonary embolism with COVID-19	0
Positive impact of training rural health workers in identification and prevention of acute rheumatic fever in eastern Uganda	0
The effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in patients with infected venous leg ulcers	0
Comparison of flowmeter (transit time flow measurement) values for graft flow in three different surgical methods for isolated coronary artery bypass surgery	0
Clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods and results of surgically treated histologically benign cardiac myxomas	0
Fire at the gate ruins fish: pulmonary embolism caused by right atrial myxoma	0
South Africa Country Report PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	0