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ISSN 1811-6515

THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF

Diabetes & vascular disease

Corresponding Editor

DR FA MAHOMED

Department of Internal Medicine,

University of the Free State,

Bloemfontein

Consulting Editors

PROF J-C MBANYA

National Editorial Board

DR A AMOD

Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and

Metabolic Diseases, Life Healthcare,

Chatsmed Gardens Hospital, Durban

SR K BECKERT

Diabetes Nurse, Paarl

PROF F BONNICI

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health

Sciences, University of Cape Town and

President of Diabetes South Africa

PROF R DELPORT

Department of Family Medicine,

University of Pretoria

DR L DISTILLER

Director of the Centre of Diabetes

and Endocrinology, Houghton,

Johannesburg

DR F MAHOMED

Department of Internal Medicine,

Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg

PROF WF MOLLENTZE

Head of Department of Internal

Medicine, University of the Free State,

Bloemfontein

PROF CD POTGIETER

Specialist Nephrologist, University

of Pretoria and Jakaranda Hospital,

Pretoria

PROF K SLIWA

Associate Professor of Medicine and

Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital,

University of the Witwatersrand,

Johannesburg

PROF YK SEEDAT

Emeritus Professor of Medicine and

Honorary Research Associate,

University of Natal, Durban

International Editorial Board

PROF IW CAMPBELL

Physician, Victoria Hospital, Kircaldy,

Scotland, UK

PROF PJ GRANT

Professor of Medicine and head of

Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular

Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and

Health, University of Leeds; honorary

consultant physician, United Leeds

Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

PROF J-C MBANYA

Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of

Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,

University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

and President, International Diabetes

Federation

PROF N POULTER

Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular

Medicine, Imperial College, School of

Medicine, London, UK

DR H PURCELL

Senior Research Fellow in Cardiology,

Royal Brompton National Heart and

Lung Hospital, London, UK

VOLUME 13 NUMBER 2 • DECEMBER 2016

www.diabetesjournal.co.za

CONTENTS

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From the Editor’s Desk

FA Mahomed

Research Articles

56 Left ventricular hypertrophy and geometry in type 2 diabetes patients with

chronic kidney disease: an echocardiographic study

MP Bayauli, FB Lepira, PK Kayembe, JR M’Buyamba-Kabangu

61 Cardioprotective and anti-hypertensive effects of

Prosopis glandulosa

in rat

models of pre-diabetes

B Huisamen, C George, D Dietrich, S Genade

68 Efficacy and safety of sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in

coronary artery disease patients with diabetes: a meta-analysis

Y Qiao, Y Bian, X Yan, Z Liu, Y Chen

The management and staff of Clinics Cardive Publishing (publishers of the Cardiovascular

Journal of Africa and the South African Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease) take

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