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Publications (2017-2022)

  1. Gonçalves R, Meel R. A rare case of massive hepatosplenomegaly due to acute lymphoblastic leukemia in pregnancy. S Afr Med J. 2017;107(5):402-4.
  2. Manga P, McCutcheon K, Tsabedze N, Vachiat A, Zachariah D. HIV and Nonischemic Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(1):83-91.
  3. Meel R, Khandheria BK, Peters F, Libhaber E, Nel S, Essop MR. Left atrial volume and strain parameters using echocardiography in a black population. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017;18(3):350-5.
  4. Meel R, Nethononda R, Peters F, Essop M. Efficacy of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in a sub-aortic aneurysm case. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017;28(6):e1-e3.
  5. Meel R, Nethononda R, Peters F, Essop M. Efficacy of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in a sub-aortic aneurysm case. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017;28(6):e1-e3.
  6. Meel R, Peters F, Libhaber E, Essop MR. The changing spectrum of rheumatic mitral regurgitation in Soweto, South Africa. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017;28(4):215-20.
  7. Meel R, Peters F, Libhaber E, Essop MR. Is there a role for combination anti-remodelling therapy for heart failure secondary to chronic rheumatic mitral regurgitation? Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017;28(5):280-4.
  8. Ridker PM, Everett BM, Thuren T, MacFadyen JG, Chang WH, Ballantyne C, et al. Antiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease. N Engl J Med. 2017;377(12):1119-31.
  9. Ridker PM, Revkin J, Amarenco P, Brunell R, Curto M, Civeira F, et al. Cardiovascular Efficacy and Safety of Bococizumab in High- Risk Patients. N Engl J Med. 2017;376(16):1527-39.
  10. Ridker PM, Tardif JC, Amarenco P, Duggan W, Glynn RJ, Jukema JW, et al. Lipid-Reduction Variability and Antidrug-Antibody Formation with Bococizumab. N Engl J Med. 2017;376(16):1517-26.
  11. Tsabedze N, McCutcheon K, Mkhwanazi L, Garda R, Vachiat A, Ramjee R, et al. Periprocedural myocardial infarction during percutaneous coronary intervention in an academic tertiary centre in Johannesburg. Int J Cardiol. 2017;230:175-80.
  12. Vachiat A, McCutcheon K, Tsabedze N, Zachariah D, Manga P. HIV and Ischemic Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(1):73- 82.
  13. Hassan MO, Duarte R, Dix-Peek T, Dickens C, Naidoo S, Vachiat A, et al. Transforming Growth Factor-β Protects against Inflammation-Related Atherosclerosis in South African CKD Patients. Int J Nephrol. 2018;2018:8702372.
  14. McCutcheon K, Manga P. Left ventricular remodelling in chronic primary mitral regurgitation: implications for medical therapy. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2018;29(1):51-65.
  15. Meel R, Nethononda R, Libhaber E, Dix-Peek T, Peters F, Essop M. Assessment of myocardial fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement imaging and biomarkers of collagen metabolism in chronic rheumatic mitral regurgitation. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2018;29(3):150-4.
  16. Oguntola SO, Hassan MO, Duarte R, Dix-Peek T, Dickens C, Olorunfemi G, et al. Atherosclerotic vascular disease and its correlates in stable black South African kidney transplant recipients. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2018;11:187-93.
  17. Peyracchia M, De Lio G, Montrucchio C, Omedè P, d'Ettore G, Calcagno A, et al. Evaluation of coronary features of HIV patients presenting with ACS: The CUORE, a multicenter study. Atherosclerosis. 2018;274:218-26.
  18. Tsabedze N, Vachiat A, Zachariah D, Manga P. A New Face of Cardiac Emergencies: Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Cardiac Disease. Cardiol Clin. 2018;36(1):161-70.
  19. Bailly C, Henriques S, Tsabedze N, Krause A. Role of family history and clinical screening in the identification of families with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in Johannesburg, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2019;109(9):673-8.
  20. Kabbani S, Al Habeeb W, Liew HB, Mohan JC, Ogola E, Sim D, et al. Supporting the Management of Patients with Heart Failure within Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and African Countries: A Toolbox for Healthcare Providers. Cardiology. 2019;142 Suppl 1:1-10.
  21. Lalla-Edward ST, Fischer AE, Venter WDF, Scheuermaier K, Meel R, Hankins C, et al. Cross-sectional study of the health of southern African truck drivers. BMJ Open. 2019;9(10):e032025.
  22. McCutcheon K, Dickens C, van Pelt J, Dix-Peek T, Grinter S, McCutcheon L, et al. Dynamic Changes in the Molecular Signature of Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With Compensated and Decompensated Chronic Primary Mitral Regurgitation. Circ      Heart Fail. 2019;12(9):e005974.
  23. Meel R, Govindasamy T, Gonçalves R. Traumatic aorto-pulmonary artery fistula: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2019;3(3):ytz120.
  24. Meel R, Peters F, Libhaber E, Essop ME. Unmasking right ventricular dysfunction in chronic rheumatic mitral regurgitation. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019;30(4):216-21.
  25. Mehta SR, Wood DA, Storey RF, Mehran R, Bainey KR, Nguyen H, et al. Complete Revascularization with Multivessel PCI for Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(15):1411-21.
  26. Metra M, Teerlink JR, Cotter G, Davison BA, Felker GM, Filippatos G, et al. Effects of Serelaxin in Patients with Acute Heart Failure. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(8):716-26.
  27. Mpanya D, Tsabedze N, Libhaber C, Kagodora B, Vangu MD. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in assessing myocardial viability in a tertiary academic centre in Johannesburg, South Africa: a pilot study. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019;30(6):331-5.
  28. Nethononda RM, McGurk KA, Whitworth P, Francis J, Mamasoula C, Cordell HJ, et al. Marked variation in heritability estimates of left ventricular mass depending on modality of measurement. Scientific reports. 2019;9(1):13556.
  29. Oguntola SO, Hassan MO, Duarte R, Vachiat A, Manga P, Naicker S. Atherosclerotic vascular disease is more prevalent among black ESKD patients on long-term CAPD in South Africa. BMC Nephrol. 2019;20(1):399.
  30. Solomon SD, McMurray JJV, Anand IS, Ge J, Lam CSP, Maggioni AP, et al. Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(17):1609-20.
  31. Vachiat A, McCutcheon K, Tsabedze N, Zachariah D, Manga P. Atherosclerotic plaque in HIV-positive patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2019;30(4):203-7.
  32. Wiviott SD, Raz I, Bonaca MP, Mosenzon O, Kato ET, Cahn A, et al. Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2019;380(4):347-57.
  33. Nethononda MR, Sussman M, Mogaladi.                                                                                                                                                                       A case for re-establishment of cardiac surgery at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa. SM.S Afr Med J. 2021 Oct 5;111(10):926-927. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i10.15899.
  34. Mashego B and Nethononda MR. Unusual Combination of Hypertrophic

            Cardiomyopathy and Arrthmogenic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype. Austin J

            Radiol. 2020; 7(2):1110.

  1. Meel R, Peters F, Khandheria BK, Libhaber E, Essop M. Atrial-ventricular function in rheumatic mitral regurgitation using strain imaging. Echo Res Pract. 2020 Apr 6;7(2):9-17. doi: 10.1530/ERP-19-0034. PMID: 32426149; PMCID: PMC7219135.
  2. McGurk KA, Owen B, Watson WD, Nethononda RM, Cordell HJ, Farrall M, Rider OJ, Watkins H, Revell A, Keavney BD. Heritability of haemodynamics in the ascending aorta. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 1;10(1):14356. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71354-7.
  3. Nel S, Khandheria BK, Libhaber E, Peters F, Ferreira Dos Santos C, Matioda H, Grinter S, Maharaj N, Essop MR. Prevalence and significance of isolated left ventricular non-compaction phenotype in normal black Africans using echocardiography. Int J Cardiol Heart   Vasc. 2020 Jul 21;30:100585. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100585. PMID: 32715082; PMCID: PMC7378683.
  4. Nel S, Nihoyannopoulos P, Libhaber E, Essop MR, Ferreira Dos Santos C, Matioda H, Waterworth C, Grinter S, Meel R, Peters F. Echocardiographic Indices of the Left and Right Heart in a Normal Black African Population

            J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Mar;33(3):358-367. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.10.009. Epub 2020 Jan 17.

  1. Basson AL, Essop MR, Libhaber E, Peters F. Family screening in black patients with isolated left ventricular non-compaction: the Chris Hani Baragwanath experience. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2020 Jul/Aug;31(4):180-184. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2020-003. Epub 2020 Mar 11. PMID: 32159583; PMCID: PMC8762831.
  2. Nethononda RM, McGurk KA, Whitworth P, Francis J, Mamasoula C, Cordell HJ, Neubauer S, Keavney BD, Mayosi BM, Farrall M, Watkins H. Marked variation in heritability estimates of left ventricular mass depending on modality of measurement. Sci Rep. 2019    Sep 19;9(1):13556. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49961-w.
  3. Ruchika Meel, Thumone Govindasamy, Ricardo Gonçalves. Traumatic aorto-pulmonary artery fistula: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2019 Sep; 3(3): ytz120. Published online 2019 Jul 16. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytz120
  4. Yip A, Naicker S, Peters F, Libhaber E, Maharaj N, Mashabane M, Essop MR. Left ventricular twist before and after haemodialysis: an analysis using speckle-tracking echocardiography. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2018 Jul/Aug 23;29(4):231-236. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2018-019. Epub 2018 Apr 20. PMID: 29750229; PMCID: PMC6421550.
  5. Meel R, Nethononda R, Libhaber E, Dix-Peek T, Peters F, Essop M. Assessment of myocardial fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement imaging and biomarkers of collagen metabolism in chronic rheumatic mitral regurgitation.

            Cardiovasc J Afr. 2018 May/Jun 23;29(3):150-154. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2018-002. Epub 2018 Feb 6.

  1. Meel R, Essop MR. Striking increase in the incidence of infective endocarditis associated with recreational drug abuse in urban South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2018 Jun 26;108(7):585-589. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i7.13007. PMID: 30004347.
  2. Meel R, Nethononda R, Libhaber E, Dix-Peek T, Peters F, Essop M. Efficacy of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in a sub-aortic aneurysm case.Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017 Nov/Dec 23;28(6):e1-e3. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2017-027. Epub 2017 Jun 29.
  3. Meel R, Peters F, Libhaber E, Essop MR. The changing spectrum of rheumatic mitral regurgitation in Soweto, South Africa. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2017 Jul/Aug;28(4):215-220. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2016-086. PMID: 28906537.
  4. Meel R, Khandheria BK, Peters F, Libhaber E, Nel S, Essop MR. Left atrial volume and strain parameters using echocardiography in a black population. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar 1;18(3):350-355. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew062. PMID: 27044915.
  5. Essop MR, Mayosi BM. Echocardiographic Detection of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Pandora's Box? Circulation. 2017 Dec 5;136(23):2245-2247. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030642. PMID: 29203566.
  6. Banda J, Duarte R, Dix-Peek T, Dickens C, Manga P, Naicker S. Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prediction of Outcomes in Contrast- Induced Nephropathy. Int J Nephrol. 2020;2020:8568139.
  7. Bos J, Antonides CFJ, Barth RE, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Meel R, Vos AG. Course of Disease and Clinical Outcome of Infective Endocarditis in HIV-infected Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AIDS Rev. 2020;22(4):183-94.
  8. Hassan MO, Dix-Peek T, Duarte R, Dickens C, Naidoo S, Vachiat A, et al. Association of chronic inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis among an indigenous black population with chronic kidney disease. PLoS One. 2020;15(7):e0232741.
  9. Hassan MO, Duarte R, Dickens C, Dix-Peek T, Naidoo S, Vachiat A, et al. Interleukin-6 gene polymorhisms and interleukin-6 levels are associated with atherosclerosis in CKD patients. Clin Nephrol. 2020;93(1):82-6.
  10. Hassan MO, Duarte R, Dickens C, Dix-Peek T, Naidoo S, Vachiat A, et al. APOL1 Genetic Variants Are Associated with Serum- Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Levels and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in South African CKD Patients. Nephron. 2020;144(7):331-    40.
  11. Hitzeroth J, Mpe M, Klug E, Ranjith N, Sliwa K, Steingo L, et al. 2020 Heart Failure Society of South Africa perspective on the 2016 European Society of Cardiology Chronic Heart Failure Guidelines. S Afr Med J. 2020;110(8b):13057.
  12. Klug E, Tsabedze N. Contemporary therapies for chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. South African General Practitioner. 2020;1(4):146-50.
  13. McCutcheon K, Tsabedze N, Vachiat A, Zachariah D, Manga P. COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system : a review. Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020;2(3):209-16.
  14. McGurk KA, Owen B, Watson WD, Nethononda RM, Cordell HJ, Farrall M, et al. Heritability of haemodynamics in the ascending aorta. Scientific reports. 2020;10(1):14356.
  15. Meel R, Lorentz L, Gonçalves R. Multimodality Imaging of a Giant Circumflex Coronary Artery Aneurysm in a Septuagenarian. CASE (Phila). 2020;4(4):236-9.
  16. Meel R, Ngutshane B, Gonçalves R, Mogaladi S. A Case of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Related to Traumatic Papillary Muscle Rupture. Case Rep Cardiol. 2020;2020:8505894.
  17. Meel R, Peters F, Khandheria BK, Libhaber E, Essop M. Atrial-ventricular function in rheumatic mitral regurgitation using strain imaging. Echo Res Pract. 2020;7(2):9-17.
  18. Nel S, Nihoyannopoulos P, Libhaber E, Essop MR, Ferreira Dos Santos C, Matioda H, et al. Echocardiographic Indices of the Left and Right Heart in a Normal Black African Population. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020;33(3):358-67.
  19. Ramlakhan KP, Tobler D, Greutmann M, Schwerzmann M, Baris L, Yetman AT, et al. Pregnancy outcomes in women with aortic coarctation. Heart. 2020;107(4):290-8.
  20. Teerlink JR, Diaz R, Felker GM, McMurray JJV, Metra M, Solomon SD, et al. Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction, GALACTIC-HF: Baseline Characteristics and Comparison with Contemporary Clinical Trials. Eur J Heart    Fail. 2020.
  21. Tsabedze N, Kraus S, Hitzeroth J, Ntsekhe M, Mpe M, Makotoko M. COVID-19 and heart failure. SA Heart 2020;17(3).
  22. Vachiat A, Dix-Peek T, Duarte R, Manga P. Endothelial dysfunction in HIV-positive patients with acute coronary syndromes.   Cardiovasc J Afr. 2020;31(4):58-64.
  23. Wegner B, Meel R, Nell T, Nqwata L, Wong M. Hydatid disease of the interventricular septum: Echocardiographic and computed tomography findings. SA J Radiol. 2020;24(1):1986.
  24. Batra G, Ghukasyan Lakic T, Lindbäck J, Held C, White HD, Stewart RAH, et al. Interleukin 6 and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Chronic Coronary Syndrome. JAMA Cardiol. 2021;6(12):1440-5.
  25. Campens L, Baris L, Scott NS, Broberg CS, Bondue A, Jondeau G, et al. Pregnancy outcome in thoracic aortic disease data from the Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease. Heart. 2021;107(21):1704-9.
  26. Hermansen JL, Pettey G, Sorensen HT, Nel S, Tsabedze N, Horlyck A, et al. Perioperative Doppler measurements of renal perfusion are associated with acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Scientific reports. 2021;11(1):19738.
  27. Mabika M, Mpanya D, Patel A, Kalk T, Tsabedze N. Clinical characteristics and complications in patients undergoing permanent pacemaker implantation. Wits Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021;3(1).
  28. McCutcheon K, Manga P. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Cardiovascular Disease: Revisiting the Inflammation-Thrombosis Axis. Thromb Haemost. 2021.
  29. McCutcheon K, Triantafyllis AS, den Eynde JV, Oosterlinck W, Vachiat A, Tsabedze N, et al. Coronary revascularization in patients with HIV. Trends in cardiovascular medicine. 2021.
  30. Meel R, Ramsamy TD, Narsing R, Wong M. Focal myocarditis in a young male with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2021;2021(2):omaa142.
  31. Meel R, Van Blydenstein SA. Demographic, clinical, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and cardiac disease at a tertiary hospital, South Africa. Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy.   2021;11(6):1228-40.
  32. Motshabi-Chakane P, Mogane P, Moutlana J, Leballo-Mothibi G, Dingezweni S, Mpanya D, et al. Contemporary Neuroprotection Strategies during Cardiac Surgery: State of the Art Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23).
  33. Mpanya D, Ayeni A, More S, Hadebe B, Sathekge M, Tsabedze N. The clinical utility of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography in guiding myocardial revascularisation. Clinical and Translational Imaging. 2021.
  34. Nethononda MR, Sussman M, Mogaladi SM. A case for re-establishment of cardiac surgery at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2021;111(10):926-7.
  35. Parbhoo P, Nell T, Meel R. Assessment of pacemaker lead-related infective endocarditis with three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2021;32:1-5.
  36. Patel A, Kakooza D, Kalk T, Tsabedze N. Mural endocarditis - by default. SA Heart. 2021;18(1):64-7.
  37. Pettey G, Hermansen JL, Nel S, Moutlana H, Muteba M, Juhl-Olsen P, et al. Ultrasound Hepatic Vein Ratios Are Associated With the Development of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2021.
  38. Reiche S, Mpanya D, Vanderdonck K, Mogaladi S, Motshabi-Chakane P, Tsabedze N. Perioperative outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Johannesburg, South Africa. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021;16(1):7.
  39. Roozen GVT, Meel R, Peper J, Venter WDF, Barth RE, Grobbee DE, et al. Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities in urban African people living with HIV in South Africa. PLoS One. 2021;16(2):e0244742.
  40. Teerlink JR, Diaz R, Felker GM, McMurray JJV, Metra M, Solomon SD, et al. Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure. N Engl J Med. 2021;384(2):105-16.
  41. Tsabedze N, Kinsey JH, Mpanya D, Mogashoa V, Klug E, Manga P. The prevalence of depression, stress and anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic heart failure. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2021;15(1):44.
  42. Tsabedze N, Seboka M, Mpanya D, Solomon A. Extensive triple vessel coronary artery disease in a young male with juvenile I diopathic arthritis. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2021;2021(11-12):461-4.
  43. Tutarel O, Ramlakhan KP, Baris L, Subirana MT, Bouchardy J, Nemes A, et al. Pregnancy Outcomes in Women After Arterial Switch Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries: Results From ROPAC (Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease) of the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021;10(1):e018176.
  44. Vachiat A, Ntsekhe M, Hellig F. Hybrid rotablation and drug-eluting balloon strategy. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2021;32(1):28-32.
  45. Manga P, McCutcheon K, Tsabedze N. Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with HIV. In: Fuster V, Narula J, Vaishnava P, Leon MB, Callans DJ, Rumsfeld J, et al., editors. Fuster and Hurst's The Heart, 15e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education; 2022.
  46. Rossouw TM, Anderson R, Manga P, Feldman C. Emerging Role of Platelet-Endothelium Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection-Associated Myocardial Injury. Front Immunol. 2022;13:776861.
  47. Tutarel O, Baris L, Budts W, Gamal Abd-El Aziz M, Liptai C, Majdalany D, et al. Pregnancy outcomes in women with a systemic right ventricle and transposition of the great arteries results from the ESC-EORP Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC). Heart. 2022;108(2):117-23.

 

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