Browsing Research Articles (Cardiology) by Issue Date

Browsing Research Articles (Cardiology) by Issue Date

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  • Soma-Pillay, Priya; Macdonald, A.P.; Mathivha, T.M.; Bakker, J.L.; Mackintosh, M.O. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2008-07)
    BACKGROUND: Pre-existing medical disease constitutes one of the five major causes of maternal death in South Africa. Increasing numbers of women with heart disease reach adulthood as a result of advances in diagnoses and ...
  • Takawira, Farirai F.; Sinyangwe, Greenwood; Mwangi, Michael N.; Mathivha, Tshimbiluni M. (South African Heart Association, 2010)
    Shone’s complex is a rare cardiac anomaly consisting of four obstructive lesions of the left heart: supramitral membrane/ring; parachute mitral valve; subaortic stenosis; and coarctation of the aorta. We report on an ...
  • Scholtz, Leonie; Sarkin, Andrew; Lockhat, Zarina I. (Clinics Cardive, 2014-07)
    Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is unsurpassed in the evaluation of myocardial anatomy, function and mass. Myocardial perfusion pre- and post-stress, as well as late enhancement is increasingly used in ...
  • Pienaar, Rina; Van Gelder, Antoine (Law Society of South Africa, 2015-09)
    When dealing with a claim for future medical expenses in a personal injury claim, one finds that future medical expenses are sometimes subdivided into further categories namely, surgical expenses, emotional and ...
  • Sliwa, Karen; Zuhlke, Liesl; Kleinloog, Robert; Doubell, Anton; Ebrahim, Iftikhar; Essop, Mohammed; Kettles, Dave; Jankelow, David; Khan, Sajidah; Klug, Eric; Lecour, Sandrine; Marais, David; Mpe, Martin; Ntsekhe, Mpiko; Osrin, Les; Smit, Francis; Snyders, Adriaan; Theron, Jean Paul; Thornton, Andrew; Chin, Ashley; Van der Merwe, Nico; Dau, Erika; Sarkin, Andrew (Clinics Cardive, 2016-05)
    Over the past decades, South Africa has undergone rapid demographic changes, which have led to marked increases in specific cardiac disease categories, such as rheumatic heart disease (now predominantly presenting in ...
  • Naran, Parm; Sarkin, Andrew (New Media Publishing, 2016-06)
    Improvements in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) management have occurred at a brisk pace and has resulted in better outcomes for patients.
  • Schewitz, Ivan Anton (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)
    Thoracoscopy, in my opinion, is underutilised in Africa, for a multiplicity of reasons. These include a lack of expertise, the perceived cost and difficulties in obtaining and maintaining equipment. The benefits, however, ...
  • Soma-Pillay, Priya; Louw, M.C.; Adeyemo, A.O.; Makin, J.A.; Pattinson, Robert Clive (Clinics Cardive, 2018-01)
    BACKGROUND : Pre-eclampsia is associated with significant changes to the cardiovascular system during pregnancy. Eccentric and concentric remodelling of the left ventricle occurs, resulting in impaired contractility and ...
  • Naidoo, Poobalan; Ranjith, Naresh; Zikalala, Zuzile; Mahoney, Scott; Ho, Kevin (African Field Epidemiology Network, 2018-06-25)
    We report a case of Marfan syndrome (MFS) in a South African patient, which is extraordinary because of the large constellation of clinical, radiological and vascular anomalies in a single patient. A literature search ...
  • Martinez-Ferro, M.; Bellia-Munzon, B.; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Toselli, L. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019)
    Awareness of pectus carinatum has increased among the medical community over the last several decades, as innovative options for nonsurgical treatments have become more widely known. Management alternatives have shifted ...
  • Koegelenberg, Coenraad F.N.; Dorfman, Shane; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Richards, Guy A.; Maasdorp, Shaun; Smith, Clifford; Dheda, Keertan (AME Publishing Company, 2019-09)
    Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in southern Africa. Early trials of chest radiograph-based screening in males at high risk for lung cancer found no mortality benefit of a radiograph alone, ...
  • Schewitz, Ivan Anton (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-09)
    Since 1949, the Ravitch repair for pectus excavatum and carinatum was the gold standard. This is a destructive, aggressive procedure, which has a significant recurrence rate when it is poorly performed. When performed ...
  • Magagula, S.M.; Meyer, A.; Niemann, Wesley (MC Cant, 2020)
    BACKGROUND: Organisations face greater competition and exposure to disruptions and risks due to an increase in globalisation, and as a result, they must continuously seek strategies to improve their supply chain ...
  • Chakaya, J.; Binegdie, A.; Irungu, A.; Pearson, B.; Gray, D.; Zar, Heather J.; Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Kagima, J.; Mortimer, K.; Ozoh, O.B.; Masekela, R.; Gordon, S.B.; Worodria, W.; Aluoch, J. (International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2020-07)
    In response to COVID-19, Africa should develop robust collaborative research programmes, funded by African governments and partners, to include epidemiological, health system, implementation, clinical trials, immunological ...
  • Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Zar, Heather J.; Masekela, Refiloe; Gordon, Stephen; Ozoh, Obianuju; Kagima, Jacqueline; Gray, Diane; Binegdie, Amsalu; Irungu, Anne; Worodria, William (Scientific Scholar, 2020-09)
    As we write this, a patient is in a local South African Hospital on a ventilator following a cardiac arrest after a massive pulmonary embolus. He recently returned from overseas. When he arrived, he had a cough and phoned ...
  • Schewitz, Ivan Anton; Nuss, D. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-12)
    In 1997, Nuss introduced a minimally invasive non-destructive procedure for pectus excavatum, which revolutionised the treatment of the condition. This review will give a brief history on the management of this condition, ...
  • Jansen van Rensburg, Rene; Schutte, Jason; De Beenhouwer, Thomas (Cleveland Clinic, 2021-10)
    A 44-year-old man, previously well, presented to the emergency department with severe hypertension and a 4-hour history of typical angina-like chest pain with associated diaphoresis. He had dyslipidemia, a 5-pack-year ...
  • Schewitz, Ivan Anton (AME Publishing, 2022-04)
    Cardiothoracic surgery in South Africa began in Cape Town spreading to the rest of the country, and since the end of apartheid slowly reaching other sub-Saharan African countries. It is a story of brilliant innovators, of ...
  • Ndlovu, Honest; Lawal, Ismaheel Opeyemi; Popoola, Gbenga O.; Brits, Bradley; Mokoala, Kgomotso M.G.; Maserumule, Letjie; Hlongwa, K.; Mahapane, Johncy; Davis, Cindy; Sathekge, Mike Machaba (Springer, 2022-07)
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