Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Article	Citations
Dengue and the heart	16
Treatment of atrial fibrillation: a comprehensive review and practice guide	14
Factors associated with acute kidney injury and mortality during cardiac surgery	9
The effects of aquatic and land exercise on resting blood pressure and post-exercise hypotension response in elderly hypertensives	9
Early Supera stent fracture in the femoropopliteal artery	9
Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: pathophysiology and diagnostic modalities and management	7
Dietary intakes of green leafy vegetables and incidence of cardiovascular diseases	7
The modulating effects of green rooibos (Aspalathuslinearis) extract on vascular function and antioxidantstatus in obese Wistar rats	7
PRELP promotes myocardial fibrosis and ventricular remodelling after acute myocardial infarction by the wnt/β–catenin signalling pathway	6
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards therapeutic lifestyle changes in the management of hypertension in Khartoum State	6
Interleukin-6 and its correlations with maternal characteristics and echocardiographic parameters in pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension and normotensive pregnancy	5
PASCAR commentary on the International Society of Hypertension global guidelines 2020: relevance to sub-Saharan Africa	5
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
Prevalence of hypertension and selected cardiovascular risk factors among adolescents in selected rural and urban secondary schools in Botswana	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
Primary PCI in the management of STEMI in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from Abidjan Heart Institute catheterisation laboratory	4
Delayed retinal vein recovery responses indicate both non-adaptation to stress as well as increased risk for stroke: the SABPA study	4
Cardiovascular assessment after treatment for retinopathy of prematurity: a comparative study between anti-VEGF agent (aflibercept) and laser	4
Value of peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for clinical diagnosis and prognosis of elderly patients with chronic heart failure and atrial fibrillation	3
Fatal pulmonary oedema associated with severe pre-eclampsia: challenges and lessons	3
The relationship between gender and systemic immune–inflammation index in patients with new-onset essential hypertension	3
The inaugural meeting of the Africa Heart Rhythm Association (AFHRA)	3
Relationship between physical activity and carotid intima–media thickness among teachers in South Africa: the SABPA study	3
Subclinical anthracycline therapy-related cardiac dysfunction: an ignored stage B heart failure in an African population	3

Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) protects against nicotineinduced vascular injury and oxidative stress in Wistar rats	3
Vascular health assessment with flow-mediateddilatation and retinal image analysis: a pilot study in anadult population from Cape Town	3
Incidence and risk factors for thromboembolism and major bleeding in patients with mechanical heart valves: a tertiary hospital-based study in Botswana	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	2
A primary aldosteronism-like phenotype identified with the aldosterone-to-angiotensin II ratio in black men: the SABPA study	2
Assessment of pacemaker lead-related infective endocarditis with three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography	2
The effect of beta-blockers on foetal birth weight in pregnancies in women with structural heart disease: a prospective cohort study	2
The role of inflammatory parameters in the prediction of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	2
Association of premature ventricular complex burden with elevated left ventricular filling pressure	2
PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	2
Association between galectin-3 levels and isolated coronary artery ectasia	2
Patterns of cardiovascular risk and disease in HIV-positive adults on anti-retroviral therapy in Mozambique	2
Electrocardiogram manifestations of hyponatraemia	2
Clinical and echocardiographic findings in a crosssectional study of HIV-infected adults in Enugu, Nigeria	2
Ethopia Country Report PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	2
The optimal diagnosis and treatment of intravenous leimyomatosis	2
Assessing volumetric changes in abdominal aortic aneurysms following endovascular repair	2
Feasibility and effect of community health worker support and home monitoring for blood pressure control in Nigeria: a randomised pilot trial	2
Analysis of risk factors for thrombosis of the left atrium/left atrial appendage in patients with non-valvular atrialfibrillation	2
A new inflammatory marker: elevated eosinophil-tolymphocyte ratio associated with presence and severity of isolated coronary artery ectasia	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
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
Profile of adult patients presenting for rheumatic mitral valve surgery at a tertiary academic hospital	2
Bleeding complications in patients on new oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism in Kenya	1
Radiation exposure protection: small things matter	1
Is pre-operative monocyte count-high-density lipoprotein ratio associated with postoperative acute kidney injury in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting?	1
Cardiovascular view of intermediate and high-riskCOVID-19 patients: single-centre experience with lowmortality and intensive care hospitalisation rates	1
Melatonin against pulmonary arterial hypertension:is it ready for testing in patients?	1
Challenging paediatric coarctation cases treated with a hybrid approach: five-year follow up	1
Experience of cardiac implantable electronic device lead removal from a South African tertiary referral centre	1
Prognostic value of admission hyperglycaemia in black Africans with acute coronary syndromes: a crosssectional study	1
Cardiac manifestation of corona virus disease 2019: a preliminary report	1
Birth prevalence of congenital heart disease among newborns in a tertiary hospital in Benin City, Nigeria	1
Sevoflurane- and propofol-based regimens show comparable effect on oxygenation in patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement with cardiopulmonary bypass	1
An epidemiological study to define the recent clinical characteristics and outcomes of infective endocarditis in southern Turkey	1
The non-negligible association between SYNTAX score and anxiety–depressive disorders	1
Atrial high-rate episodes: a comprehensive review	1
Pre-morbid cardiometabolic risks among South Africans living in informal settlements	1
Epicardial fat thickness assessment by multi-slice computed tomography for predicting cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation	1
A clinical conundrum: review of anticoagulation in pregnant women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves	1
Resistivity index in the diagnosis and assessment of loss of renal function in diabetic nephropathy	1
Permanent His bundle pacing using a Biotronik styletdriven lead: feasibility and early outcomes from a single centre	1
Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and mitophagy in myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion: effects of chloroquine	1
Efficacy of amiodarone for the prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence after cardioversion	1
Diphtheritic myocarditis: a case report, with toxinmediated complications and multi-organ involvement	1
Endovascular treatment of Buerger’s disease in patients with critical limb ischaemia	1
Improving cardiovascular outcomes for patients with heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: conference proceedings of the 2022 Nigerian Cardiovascular Symposium	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

Effect of heroin on right ventricular cardiac performance	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
Effect of invasive strategy on long-term mortality in elderly patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome	1
Family screening in black patients with isolated left ventricular non-compaction: the Chris Hani Baragwanath experience	1
The contribution of plasma uric acid to the risk of stroke in hypertensive populations	1
Restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by diffuse calcification of the left ventricle after 20 years of haemodialysis	1
Comparison of endothelial function and cardiometabolic profiles of people living with HIV in two South African regions: the EndoAfrica study	1
Repetitive use of levosimendan in clinical practice: a case series	1
SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated thoraco-abdomino-iliac thrombosis in a patient without cardiac and systemic co-morbidity	1
Evaluation of the effect of different block techniques on open-heart surgery in the postoperative period: a prospective observational study	1
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis in pregnancy: a case series on acute management	1
Awareness of heart failure and perception of the problem in the general population	1
Short-term efficacy and safety of levosimendan in patients with chronic systolic heart failure	1
Prevalence, patterns and predictors of dyslipidaemia in Nigeria: a report from the REMAH study	1
Assessment of P- to delta-wave interval and its relationship with accessory pathway properties in patients with pre-excitation	1
The spectrum, prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of cardiovascular diseases in a South African district hospital: a retrospective study	1
The impact of daily troponin I and D-dimer serum levels on mortality in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	1
Does acid reflux precipitate ischaemia in subjects with acute coronary syndrome?	1
Impact of metabolic and inflammatory changes on glomerular function beyond conventional risk factors in an urban South Africa community with prevalent obesity	1
The spectrum of rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation presenting to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, over a 10-year period	1
Endothelial dysfunction in HIV-positive patients with acute coronary syndromes	1
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus mimicking benign cardiac tumour of the mitral valve	1
Response to ibutilide and the long-term outcome after catheter ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation	1
Basal Takotsubo syndrome induced bypheochromocytoma rupture	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
Determination of optimal cut-off values for waist circumferences used for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome among Batswana adults (ELS 32)	1
Analysis of the vascular access service for patients onhaemodialysis in Livingstone Hospital	1
National prevalence of coronary heart disease andstroke in South Africa from 1990–2017: a systematicreview and meta-analysis	1
Pericardial SCUBE1 levels may help predict postoperative results in patients operated on for coronary artery bypass graft surgery	1
Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome associated with rapid progression of cardiac, pulmonary and skin infiltration	1
The role of immature platelet count and immature platelet fraction in determining the need for transfusion in patients undergoing CABG	0
Changing face of pulmonary embolism with COVID-19	0
Outcomes of pregnancy with pulmonary hypertension: low risk or a false dawn?	0
A comparison of AAIR versus DDDR pacing for patients with sinus node dysfunction: a long-term follow-up study	0
Acute coronary syndrome complicated by cardiogenic shock in a young adult: a case report from Dakar, Senegal	0
Very rare malposition of central venous catheter in cardiac surgery patients	0
Association between carotid intima–media thickness and acute kidney injury following isolated coronary artery bypass surgery	0
Subacute dual stent thromboses in a COVID-19-positive patient	0
Assessment of papillary muscle free strain in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophy	0
Association between bifurcation angle of the left main coronary artery and severity of stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery	0
Circulatory soluble LOX-1 is a novel predictor for coronary artery disease patients	0
The effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in patients with infected venous leg ulcers	0
Severe bradycardia caused by diabetic ketoacidosis	0
The effect of different anaesthesia techniques on postoperative pain and hospital discharge in varicose vein surgery	0
A case of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric arterial dissection with coeliac axis stenosis	0
Associations of conscientiousness with cardiac troponin T and stress coping responses in a teacher cohort: the SABPA prospective cohort study	0
Fascial plane regional anaesthesia techniques	0
Fire at the gate ruins fish: pulmonary embolism caused by right atrial myxoma	0
Prognostic value of myocardial scar in ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	0
Prosthetic vascular graft management in above-knee amputations	0
Comparison of the improvement of flow-mediateddilatation in patients with acute coronary syndromeversus stable angina after six-month cardiacrehabilitation	0
Comparison of flowmeter (transit time flow measurement) values for graft flow in three different surgical methods for isolated coronary artery bypass surgery	0
Establishing ionising radiation safety culture during interventional cardiovascular procedures	0
Hybrid rotablation and drug-eluting balloon strategy	0
Association between the serum lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 level and acute coronary syndrome	0
Nine-year, single-centre experience of left atrial appendage occlusion: patient characteristics, procedural outcomes and long-term follow up	0
South Africa Country Report PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	0
Alternative treatment of tricuspid valve vegetations	0
Impact of diabetes mellitus on the frequency of postoperative complications after carotid endarterectomy	0
Aortic regurgitation: multimodal assessment of quantification and impact	0
The effect of lifestyle modification on depression amongmyocardial infarction patients after revascularisation	0
Successful retrieval of an entrapped and uncoiled guide wire using a wire-cutting technique	0
An easy method for monitoring patients with pulmonary hypertension: P-wave dispersion	0
The use of brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulae for haemodialysis: a single-centre descriptive study	0
Epidemiology and management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in a Tunisian university hospital	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
The discrepancy of aromatase expression in epicardial adipose tissue between CHD and non-CHD patients	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
A retrospective study: efficacy of an originator versus a generic formulation of simvastatin in patients who suffer from hyperlipidaemia	0
Can the arterial clamp method be used safely where a tourniquet cannot be used?	0
A new biomarker to predict atrial fibrillation and its adverse events after coronary artery bypass surgery: red blood cell distribution volume	0
A report card for healthy aging in South Africa	0
Association between salt sensitivity and blood pressure variability in patients with essential hypertension and predictive value for cardiovascular events	0
Effects of intra-operative fluid management under the guidance of stroke volume variability on short-term prognosis after thoracoscopic lobectomy	0
Surgical treatment of left atrial dissection caused by percutaneous coronary intervention	0
Electric cardioversion in patients treated with oral anticoagulants: embolic material in the left atrial appendage	0
Clinical features and outcomes of infective endocarditis: a single-centre experience	0
First Malian series of surgery for rheumatic valve disease: opening of the centre, clinical features and peri-operative realities	0
PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecard project	0
The joint 15th Pan-African Society of Cardiology and Kenya Cardiac Society congress proceedings, 2021	0

Role of nuclear factor kappa-B in TNF-induced cytoprotection	0
PASCAR and WHF Cardiovascular Diseases Scorecardproject	0
Echocardiographic abnormalities in children and adolescents living with human immunodeficiency virus on highly active antiretroviral treatment	0
2022 SASCI/SCTSSA joint consensus statement and guideline on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in South Africa	0
Trends and outcomes of cardiovascular disease admissions in Lagos, Nigeria: a 16-year review	0
Determinants of right ventricular systolic dysfunction among patients with left heart failure in a Ghanaian hospital	0
Profile and management of acute coronary syndromes at primary- and secondary-level healthcare facilities in Cape Town	0
Atrial and ventricular arrhythmia predictors with electrocardiographic parameters in myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA)	0
Radiation doses in endovascular revascularisation of lower-extremity arterial diseases	0
Stubbornly preserving native leaflets is not always right: a case of tricuspid valve re-operation	0
Feasibility of focused cardiac ultrasound training for non-cardiologists in a resource-limited setting using a handheld ultrasound machine	0
Tricuspid valve vegetation related to leaflet injury: a unique problem of catheter malposition	0
Outcome of concomitant left atrial ablation during valvular heart surgery: an African perspective	0
Left thoracotomy approach for aortic root surgery	0
The importance of baseline fractional flow reserve to detect significant coronary artery stenosis in different patient populations	0
Large left ventricular non-infectious vegetation in patient with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis	0
Influence of verapamil on pressure overload-induced ventricular arrhythmias by regulating gene-expression profiles	0
Exacerbation of severe constrictive pericarditis afterprior inadequate pericardiectomy	0
NT-proBNP and metabolic risk factors in a bi-ethnic cohort: the Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African prospective cohort study	0
Prevalence and associated risk factors for elevated blood pressure in young adults in South Africa	0
Effect of mitral valve replacement on left ventricularfunction in subjects with severe rheumatic mitralregurgitation	0
Identifying the optimal monopolar electrocautery output power in pedicular internal thoracic artery harvesting: 20 or 40 watts?	0
The use of strain-gauge plethysmography in the functional assessment of chronic venous disease: five-year experience at a single centre	0
The effect of single aortic cross-clamp technique versus multiple clamp technique on postoperative stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	0
Correlation between mitral valve area and left atrial function in rheumatic mitral valve stenosis patients	0
Application of computed tomographic angiography and echocardiography in predicting left atrial appendage thrombosis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation	0
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the city of Cape Town metropole of the Western Cape province of South Africa: a spatio-temporal analysis	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
A comparison of two different management plans forpatients requiring both carotid endarterectomy andcoronary artery bypass grafting	0
Assessment of left atrial morphological and functional differences in professional male football players: a prospective, case–control study	0
The safety and efficacy of pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis in lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis	0
Internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm after redo aortic root replacement	0
Creating blood conservation for a cardiothoracic surgical hospital: when you have to start from scratch!	0
Positive impact of training rural health workers in identification and prevention of acute rheumatic fever in eastern Uganda	0
A rare endocrine cause of ventricular tachycardia: a case series of two patients and a literature review	0
Peri-operative echocardiography for lung transplantation in a critical patient with COVID-19	0
SA Heart consensus statement on closure of patent foramen ovale 2021	0
Combined systolic velocities using tissue Doppler imaging could predict the severity of cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study	0
Tetralogy of Fallot in the nascent open-heart surgical era in a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria: lessons learnt	0
Between a rock and a couple of hard places	0
Left brachiocephalic vein–right atrial bypass in superior vena cava syndrome	0
Kounis syndrome caused by bee sting: a case report and literature review	0
A 31-year-old pericardial textiloma	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
Hypertension treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review	0
Resurgence of Shoshin beriberi during the COVID-19 pandemic	0
Relationship between P-wave dispersion, left ventricular mass index and function in Nigerian hypertensive patients	0
An unusually large left ventricular thrombus complicating anterior myocardial infarction: the value of multimodality imaging	0
Long-term blood pressure trajectories and associations with age and body mass index among urban women in South Africa	0
Mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm: two cases caused by Salmonella enterica	0
Aneurysmal degeneration in the Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft	0
Pre-operative neurodevelopmental assessment in young children undergoing cardiac surgery in central South Africa: feasibility and clinical value	0
Enhancing cardiovascular skills development in Africa: Khartoum first PTMC workshop	0
Ventricular septal defect closure using radial incision of the tricuspid valve for exposure: is it really necessary?	0
CircRNA-mediated pathology: a new preliminary insight into the mechanism of type II cardio-renal syndrome	0
The added value of molecular-based diagnostics in the African forensic medical setting	0