The SA Journal Diabetes & Vascular Disease Vol 13 No 2 (December 2016)

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CONTENTS
74 The protective effect of topical rifamycin treatment against sternal
wound infection in diabetic patients undergoing on-pump coronary
artery bypass graft surgery
F Aygun, A Kuzgun, S Ulucan, A Keser, M Akpek, MG Kaya
77 Mean platelet volume is associated with myocardial perfusion defect in
diabetic patients
S Sarikaya, S Sahin, L Akyol, E Borekci, YK Yilmaz, F Altunkas,
K Karaman, S Karacavus, AR Erbay
Reviews
81 Once fat was fat and that was that: our changing perspectives on
adipose tissue
WF Ferris, NJ Crowther
88 Epidemiology of ischaemic heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa
CL Onen
Consensus Guidelines
97 SASCI/SCTSSA joint consensus statement and guidelines on
transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in South Africa
J Scherman, H Weich
99 Diabetes News