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ISSN 1811-6515
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
Diabetes & vascular disease
CONTENTS
Editorials
48
The heart in diabetes
JA Ker
51
GLP-1 agonists: a novel treatment for South African diabetic patients
B Rosenkranz
54
Atrial fibrillation in Africa
G Visagie
Reviews
56
Atrial fibrillation: which patients should be managed in primary, secondary
and tertiary care?
D Jones, T Wong, D Gorog, V Markides
65
Meeting of the Minds
JL Aalbers, P Wagenaar
70
Focus on liraglutide: the LEAD studies
JL Aalbers, WF Mollentze
Achieving Best Practice
74
Clinical aspects of silent myocardial ischaemia: with particular reference to
diabetes mellitus
M Dweck, IW Campbell, D Miller, CM Francis
Diabetes Personality
80
Diabetic diets need to be realistic, balancing nutritional and economic
concerns
Marlene Gilfillan
Corresponding Editor
PROF WF MOLLENTZE
Head of the Department of Internal
Medicine, University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein
Consulting Editors
PROF J-C MBANYA
PROF AJ BRINK
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 Endocrinology,
Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
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, Johan-
nesburg
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-Elect, International Diabetes
Federation (2006−2009)
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 7 NUMBER 2 • JUNE 2010
