PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY UNIT PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

2018

Abdullah LH, Smit I, Engel ME, Watkins DA and Zühlke LJ. 2018. 'Task sharing to improve the prevention,

diagnosis, and management of rheumatic heart disease: a systematic review protocol'. BMJ Open.

Curry C, Zühlke L, Mocumbi AO and Kennedy N. 2018. 'Acquired heart disease in Low and Middle Income

Settings'. Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 103(1): 73-77.

Dougherty S, Beaton A, Nascimento BR, Zühlke LJ, Khorsandi M, Wilson N. 2018. 'Prevention and control of

rheumatic heart disease: Overcoming core challenges in resource-poor environments'. Ann Pediatr Cardiol.

2018; 11(1): 68-78.

Prendergast EA, Engel M, Cupido B, Francis V, Joachim A, Perkins S, Zühlke L for the REMEDY investigators.

2018. 'Participation in research improves overall patient management – insights from the global rheumatic

heart disease registry (REMEDY)'. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 29(2): 98-105.

Telford LH, Abdullahi LH, Ochodo EA, Zühlke LJ and Engel ME. 2018. 'Standard Echocardiography versus

Handheld Echocardiography for the Detection of Subclinical Rheumatic Heart Disease: protocol for a

systematic review'. BMJ Open.

Zühlke L, Perkins S and Cembi S. 2018. 'Rheumatic heart disease patient event, Cape Town hosts 4th Annual

Listen to My Heart Rheumatic Heart Disease for patients at the South African Heart Association meeting in

2017'. European Heart Journal.

2017

Alsaied T, Bokma JP, Engel ME, Kuijpers JM, Hanke SP, Zühlke L, Zhang B and Veldtman GR. 2017. 'Factors

associated with long-term mortality after Fontan procedures: a systematic review'. Heart, 103: 104-110.

Alsaied T, Bokma JP, Engel ME, Kuijpers JM, Hanke SP, Zühlke L, Zhang B and Veldtman GR. 2017. 'Predicting

long-term mortality after Fontan Procedures: a risk score based on 6707 patients from 28 studies'.

Congenital Heart Disease, 12(4): 393-398.

Edwin F, Zühlke L, Farouk H, Mocumbi AO, Entsua-Mensah K, Delsol-Gyan D, Bode-Thomas F, Brooks A,

Cupido B, Tettey M, Aniteye E, Tamatey MM, Gyan KB, Tantchou-Tchoumi JC, and Elgamal MA. 2017. 'Status

and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults with Congenital Heart Defects'. World Journal for Pediatric and

Congenital Heart Surgery, 8(4): 495-501.

Global Burden of Disease Child and Adolescent Health Collaboration, Kassebaum N, Zühlke L, et al. 2017.

'Child and Adolescent Health from 1990 to 2015: Findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and

Risk Factors 2015 Study'. JAMA Pediatr, 171(6): 573-592.

Jankelow D, Cupido B, Zühlke L, Sliwa K, Ntsekhe M, Manga P, Doubell A, Lawrenson J and Essop MR. 2017.

‘Prevention of infective endocarditis associated with dental interventions: South African Heart Association

position statement, endorsed by the South African Dental Association’. SA Heart Journal, 14: 170-4.

Moloi AH, Mall S, Engel ME, Stafford R, Zhu ZW, Zühlke LJ and Watkins DA. 2017. 'Rheumatic Heart Disease

Epidemiology and Health Systems Barriers and Facilitators: A Systematic Review of Studies from Uganda and

Tanzania'. Glob Heart.

Musuku M, Lungu JC, Machila E, Jones C, Colin L, Schwaninger S, Musonda P, Tadmor B, Spector JM, Engel M,

Zühlke L. 2017. 'Epidemiology of pharyngitis as reported by Zambian school children and their families:

implications for demand-side interventions to prevent rheumatic heart disease'. BMC Infectious Diseases,

473.

Obihara NJ, Walters E, Lawrenson J, Garcia-Prats AJ, Hesseling AC and Schaaf HS. 2017. ‘Tuberculous

Pericardial Effusions in Children’. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. (Epub ahead of Print)

Vivian L, Comitis G, Naidu C, Hunter C and Lawrenson J. 2017. ‘A first qualitative snapshot: cardiac surgery

and recovery in 10 children in the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

(2011-2016)’. Cardiol Young, 1-7. (Epub ahead of Print)

Watkins DA, Zühlke LJ and Narula J. 2017. 'Moving Forward the RHD Agenda at Global and National Levels'.

Glob Heart, 12(1): 1-2.

Zühlke L and Mayosi B. 2017. 'The Life and the Legacy of Hamilton Naki: Experimental Heart Transplant

Surgeon and Teacher'. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 36(12): 1309-1310.

Zühlke L, Ali S and Elseed M. 2017. 'PANPACH: The First Independent Paediatric Workshop of the Pan African

Network for Paediatric and Congenital Heart (PANPACH)'. European Heart Journal, 38(47): 3483-485.

Zühlke LJ, Beaton A, Engel ME, Hugo-Hamman CT, Karthikeyan G, Katzenellenbogen JM, Ntusi N, Ralph AP,

Saxena A, Smeesters PR, Watkins D, Zilla P and Carapetis J. 2017. 'Group A Streptococcus, Acute Rheumatic

Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical Considerations'. Curr Treat Options

Cardiovasc Med, 19: 15.

Zühlke LJ, Watkins DA, Perkins S, Wyber R, Mwangi J, Markbreiter J, Moloi HS, Engel ME, Shato T, Hermanus

T, DeVries J and Read C. 2017. 'A Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool for Planning Rheumatic Heart

Disease Control Programs in Limited Resource Settings'. Glob Heart, 12(1): 25-31.

2016

Carapetis JR, Beaton A, Cunningham MW, Guilherme L, Karthikeyan G, Mayosi BM, Zühlke LJ, et al. 2016.

'Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease'. Nature reviews Disease primers, 2: 15084.

De Decker R, Bruwer Z, Hendricks L, Schoeman M, Schutte G and Lawrenson J. 2016. ‘Predicted v. real

prevalence of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in children with congenital heart disease presenting to Red

Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, South Africa: A prospective study’. S Afr Med J, 106(6 Suppl 1): S82-

6.

De Decker R, Comitis G, Thomas J, van der Merwe E and Lawrenson J. 2016. ‘A novel approach to ductal

spasm during percutaneous device occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus’. Cardiol Young, 36: 1352-8.

De Decker R. 2016. ‘Understanding the epigenetic origins of congenital heart disease may lead to its control’.

SA Heart, 13: 90-96.

GBD 2015 Collaborators. 2016. 'Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79

behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a

systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015'. Lancet, 388: 1659-1724.

GBD 2015 Collaborators. 2016. 'Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315

diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global

Burden of Disease Study 2015'. Lancet, 388: 1603-1658.

GBD 2015 Collaborators. 2016. 'Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with

disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease

Study 2015'. Lancet, 388: 1545-1602.

GBD 2015 Collaborators. 2016. 'Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015: a

systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015'. Lancet, 388: 1775-1812.

GBD 2015 Collaborators. 2016. 'Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-

specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease

Study 2015'. Lancet, 388: 1459-1544.

GBD 2015 HIV Collaborators. 2016. 'Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and

mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015'. Lancet HIV, 3(8): e361-87.

Hofmeyr, R, Meyer, W, James, M, De Decker R. 2016. ‘Guest Editorial: Recognising and mitigating the risk of

altitude-related illness’. S Afr Med J, 106 (accepted for publication in the September issue).

Moloi AH, Watkins D, Engel ME, Mall S and Zühlke LJ. 2016. 'Epidemiology, health systems and stakeholders

in rheumatic heart disease in Africa: a systematic review protocol'. BMJ Open, 6(5): e011266.

Shung King M, Zühlke L, Engel M and Mayosi B. 2016. 'Asymptomatic rheumatic heart disease in South

African schoolchildren: Implications for addressing chronic health conditions through a school health

service'. S Afr Med J, 106(8): 761-2.

Sliwa K, Zühlke L, Kleinloog R, Doubell A, Ebrahim I, et al. 2016. 'Cardiology-cardiothoracic subspecialty

training in South Africa: a position paper of the South Africa Heart Association'. CVJA, 27(2).

Springer DB, Brennan T, Ntusi N, Abdelrahman HY, Zühlke LJ, Mayosi BM, Tarassenko L and Clifford GD.

2016. 'Automated signal quality assessment of mobile phone-recorded heart sound signals'. J Med Eng

Technol, 1-14.

van Niekerk A, Cullis R, Linley L and Zühlke L. 2016. 'POPSICLE: Pulse Oximetry Pre-discharge Screening

Implementation study for Critical Congenital Heart Lesions in newborns'. S Afr Med J, 106(8): 817-21.

Wang H, Wolock TM, Carter A et al. 2016. 'Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence,

and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015'. Lancet HIV, 3: e361-87.

Watkins D, Zühlke LJ, Engel M, Daniels R, Francis V, Shaboodien G, et al. 2016. 'Seven key actions to

eradicate rheumatic heart disease in Africa: the Addis Ababa communique'. Cardiovasc J Afr, 27: 1-5.

Wyber R, Boyd B, Colquhoun S, Currie B, Engel M, Kado J, Karthikeyan G, Sullivan M, Saxena A, Sheel M,

Steer, A Mucumbitsi J, Zuhlke L and Carapetis J. 2016. 'Preliminary consultation on preferred product

characteristics of benzathine penicillin G for secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic fever'. Drug Delivery and

Translational Research, 6(5): 572-8.

Yedeta D, Nkomo V, Zühlke L, et al. 2016. 'Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease among school children in

Ethiopia: a Multisite Echocardiography-based screening'. Int J Cardiol, 221: 260-3.

Zühlke LJ and Acquah L. 2016. 'Pre-conception counselling for key cardiovascular conditions in Africa:

optimising pregnancy outcomes'. Cardiovasc J Afr, 27(2): 79-83.

Zühlke LJ, et al. 2016. 'Clinical Outcomes in 3343 Children and Adults with Rheumatic Heart Disease from 14

Low and Middle Income Countries: 2-Year Follow-Up of the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (The

REMEDY Study)'. Circulation, 134 (19): 1456-1466.

Zühlke LJ, Engel ME, Lemmer CE, van de Wall M, Nkepu S, Meiring A, et al. 2016. 'The natural history of

latent rheumatic heart disease in a 5 year follow-up study: a prospective observational study'. BMC

Cardiovasc Disord, 16: 46.

2015

Banderker E, Pretorius E, De Decker R. 2015. ‘The role of cardiac CT angiography in the pre-and

postoperative evaluation of tetralogy of Fallot’. South African Journal of Radiology. 17: 19(2).

Barth DD, Zühlke LJ, Joachim A, Hoegger T, Mayosi BM and Engel ME. 2015. 'Effect of distance to health

facility on the maintenance of INR therapeutic ranges in rheumatic heart disease patients from Cape Town:

no evidence for an association'. BMC Health Serv Res, 15: 219.

De Decker R, Comitis G, Thomas J, van der Merwe E, Lawrenson J. 2015. ‘A novel approach to ductal spasm

during percutaneous device occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus’. Cardiology in the Young, 22: 1-7.

De Decker R, Thomas J, Van der Merwe E, Lawrenson J. 2015. ‘Rapid, reliable resolution of ductal spasm

during percutaneous device occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus by a novel protocol’. Abstract. Journal of

Structural Heart Disease, 1(4): 152-154.

Engel ME, Haileamlak A, Zühlke LJ, (joint first authors) Lemmer CE, Nkepu S, van de Wall M, et al. 2015.

'Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in 4720 asymptomatic scholars from South Africa and Ethiopia'.

Heart, 101(17): 1389-94.

van Dam J, Musuku J, Zühlke LJ, Engel ME, Nestle N, Tadmor B, et al. 2015. 'An open-access, mobile

compatible, electronic patient register for rheumatic heart disease ('eRegister') based on the World Heart

Federation's framework for patient registers'. Cardiovasc J Afr, 26(6): 227-33.

Van der Bijl P, Doruyter A, De Decker R, Lawrenson J, Comitis G and Hewitson J. 2015. ‘Chest Pain on

Exertion After the Takeuchi Repair of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery Right Ventricular

Ischemia Due to Severe Pulmonary Outflow Tract Obstruction’. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital

Heart Surgery. 6(1):90-2.

Zühlke LJ, Engel ME, Karthikeyan G, Rangarajan S, Mackie P, Cupido B, et al. 2015. 'Characteristics,

complications, and gaps in evidence-based interventions in rheumatic heart disease: the Global Rheumatic

Heart Disease Registry (the REMEDY study)'. Eur Heart J, 36(18): 1115-22a.

Zühlke LJ, Engel ME, Nkepu S and Mayosi BM. 2015. 'Evaluation of a focussed protocol for hand-held

echocardiography and computer-assisted auscultation in detecting latent rheumatic heart disease in

scholars'. Cardiol Young, 1-10.

Zühlke LJ, Engel ME, Watkins D and Mayosi BM. 2015. 'Incidence, prevalence and outcome of rheumatic

heart disease in South Africa: a systematic review of contemporary studies'. Int J Cardiol, 199: 375-83.

2014

Bongani M Mayosi, Habib Gamra, Jean-Marie Dangou, Joseph Kasonde, for the 2nd All-Africa Workshop on

Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease participants. 2014. 'Rheumatic heart disease in Africa: the

Mosi-o-Tunya call to action'. The Lancet Global Health, 2(8): e 438-439.

Sliwa K, Libhaber E, Elliott C, Momberg Z, Osman A, Zühlke LJ, et al. 2014. 'Spectrum of cardiac disease in

maternity in a low-resource cohort in South Africa'. Heart, 100(24): 1967-74.

Wyber R, Zühlke LJ and Carapetis J. 2014. 'The case for global investment in rheumatic heart-disease

control'. Bull World Health Organ, 92(10): 768-70.

Zühlke LJ, Watkins D and Engel ME. 2014. 'Incidence, prevalence and outcomes of rheumatic heart disease in

South Africa: a systematic review protocol'. BMJ Open, 4(6): e004844.

2013

Carapetis JR, Zühlke LJ, Taubert K and Narula J. 2013. 'Continued challenge of rheumatic heart disease: the

gap of understanding or the gap of implementation?'. Glob Heart, 8(3): 185-6.

Comitis G, Van Schalkwyk A, Lawrenson J and Zühlke L. 2013. ‘Refractory, malignant and missed Kawasaki

Disease: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges’. Heart, 10(2): 462-8.

De Decker R, Comitis G, Border W and DeGiovanni J. 2013. ‘Coronary cameral fistula occlusion: when is

better the enemy of good?’. SA Heart, 10(2): 472-474. [Invited publication of contributions to the 6th World

Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013.]

Saxena A, Zühlke LJ and Wilson N. 2013. 'Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease: issues for

the cardiology community'. Glob Heart, 8(3): 197-202.

Wessel DL, Berger F, Li JS, Dähnert I, Rakhit A, Fontecave S, Newburger JW; for the CLARINET Investigators.

2013. ‘Clopidogrel in infants with systemic-to-pulmonary-artery shunts’. N Engl J Med, 368(25): 2377-2384.

World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery'. Cardiovasc J Afr, 24(3): 93-5.

Zühlke LJ and Engel ME. 2013. 'The Importance of Awareness and Education in Prevention and Control of

RHD'. Glob Heart, 8(3): 235-9.

Zühlke LJ and Karthikeyan G. 2013. 'Primary prevention for rheumatic Fever: progress, obstacles, and

opportunities'. Glob Heart, 8(3): 221-6.

Zühlke LJ and Mayosi BM. 2013. 'Echocardiographic screening for subclinical rheumatic heart disease

remains a research tool pending studies of impact on prognosis'. Curr Cardiol Rep, 15(3): 343.

Zühlke LJ and Steer AC. 2013. 'Estimates of the global burden of rheumatic heart disease'. Glob Heart, 8(3):

189-95.

Zühlke LJ and Vaidyanathan B. 2013. ‘Is it time for developing countries to adopt Neonatal Pulse oximetry

screening for critical congenital heart disease?’. SA Heart, 10(2).

Zühlke LJ, Engel ME, Remenyi B, Wyber R and Carapetis J. 2013. 'The second rheumatic heart disease forum

report'. Glob Heart, 8(3): 253-61.

Zühlke LJ, Mirabel M and Marijon E. 2013. 'Congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease in Africa:

recent advances and current priorities'. Heart, 99(21): 1554-61.

Zühlke LJ. 2013. ‘Challenges and opportunity in paediatric cardiac services: time for action’ {guest editor} SA

Heart, 10(2).

Zühlke LJ. 2013. 'Successes, failures, challenges and ground-breaking research: messages from the 6th World

Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery’. Cardiovasc J Afr, 24(3): 93-5.

2012

Brooks A, Geldenhuys A, Zühlke LJ, Human P and Zilla P. 2012. 'Pulmonary artery banding: still a valuable

option in developing countries?'. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 41(2): 272-6.

Karthikeyan G, Zühlke LJ, Engel M, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S, Teo K, et al. 2012. 'Rationale and design of a Global

Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry: the REMEDY study'. Am Heart J, 163(4): 535-40.e1.

Reményi B, Wilson N, Steer A, Ferreira B, Kado J, Kumar K, Lawrenson J, Maguire G, Marijon E, Mirabel M,

Mocumbi AO, Mota C, Paar J, Saxena A, Scheel J, Stirling J, Viali S, Balekundri VI, Wheaton G, Zühlke L and

Carapetis J. 2012. ‘World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart

disease--an evidence-based guideline’. Nat Rev Cardiol, 9: 297-309.

Walker K, Brink A, Lawrenson J, Mathiassen W and Wilmshurst JM. 2012. ‘Treatment of Sydenham chorea

with intravenous immunoglobulin’. J Child Neurol, 27: 147-55.

Zühlke L, Myer L and Mayosi BM. 2012. 'The promise of computer-assisted auscultation in screening for

structural heart disease and clinical teaching'. Cardiovasc J Afr, 23(7): 405-8.

2011

Carapetis JR and Zühlke LJ. 2011. 'Global research priorities in rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease'.

Ann Pediatr Cardiol, 4(1): 4-12.

Hoosen EG, Cilliers AM, Hugo-Hamman CT, Brown SC, Lawrenson JB, Zühlke L and Hewitson J. 2011.

‘Paediatric cardiac services in South Africa’. S Afr Med J, 101: 106-7.

Walker KG, Cooper M, McCabe K, Hughes J, Mathiassen W, Lawrenson J and Wilmshurst JM. 2011. ‘Markers

of susceptibility to acute rheumatic fever: the B-cell antigen D8/17 is not robust as a marker in South Africa’.

Cardiol Young, 8: 1-6.

Zühlke LJ and Engel M. 2011. 'Letter to the editor'. Clin Epidemiol, 3: 171-2.

2010

Hendricks M, Pillay S, Davidson A, De Decker R, Lawrenson J. 2010. ‘Kawasaki disease preceding

haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: challenges for developing world practitioners’. Pediatr Blood Cancer.

54(7): 1023-5.

Hoosen EG, Cilliers AM, Hugo-Hamman CT, Brown SC, Harrisberg JR, Takawira FF, Govendrageloo K,

Lawrenson J and Hewitson J. 2010. ‘Optimal paediatric cardiac services in South Africa-what do we need?

Statement of the Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa: paediatric cardiac services’. SA Heart, 7: 10-6.

Lawrenson J. 2010. ‘Rheumatic fever: New ideas in diagnosis and management’. SA Heart Journal, 7: 252-7.

2009

De Decker R, Gordon-Graham E, Seller N and Lawrenson J. 2009. ‘Surprises of off-label drug use - where had

all the prostin gone?’. S Afr Med J, 99(6):432-4.

Engel ME, Zühlke LJ and Robertson K. 2009. ‘ASAP programme: Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart

disease: Where are we now in South Africa?’. SA Heart, 6: 270-273.

Hewitson J, Brown S, Hugo-Hamman C, Zühlke LJ ,Hoosen E and Harrisberg J. 2009. ‘The burden of

cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa’. SA Heart, 6: 4: 209.

Lawrenson J, Zühlke L and De Decker R. 2009. ‘The role of echocardiography in diagnosing carditis in the

setting of acute rheumatic fever’. Cardiology in the Young, 19(4): 416.

Pitcher RD, Goddard E, Hendricks M and Lawrenson J. 2009. ‘Chest radiographic pulmonary changes

reflecting extrapulmonary involvement in paediatric HIV disease’. Pediatr Radiol.

Watkins DA, Zühlke LJ, Engel ME and Mayosi BM. 2009. 'Rheumatic fever: neglected again'. Science,

324(5923): 37.

2008

De Decker R, Bruwer Z, Schoeman M, Schutte G, Zühlke L, Lawrenson J. 2008. ‘The incidence of the 22q11. 2

deletion syndrome in children referred to the Cardiology Service at the Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape

Town, South Africa: a prospective study: abstract’. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: 9th Annual Congress of

the South African Heart Association.

De Decker R, Seller N, Van der Watt G, Kulik W. 2008. ‘Barth syndrome: how to (easily) find a needle in a

haystack: abstract’. Cardiovascular Journal of Africa: 9th Annual Congress of the South African Heart

Association.

Meyer E, Jonas NE and Zühlke LJ. 2008. ‘Ortner Syndrome’. South African Journal of Child Health, 2(4) 170-

171.

2007

Hatherill M, Salie S, Waggie Z, Lawrenson J, Hewitson J, Reynolds L and Argent A. 2007. ‘The lactate:

pyruvate ratio following open cardiac surgery in children’. Intensive Care Med, 33(5): 822-9.

Hoosen EG, Hugo-Hamman C, Cilliers AM, Brown SC, Lawrenson J, Harrisberg J and Dansky R. 2007.

‘Guidelines for paediatric echocardiography in South Africa’. SA Heart, 4: 48-51.

Seller N, De Decker R, Zühlke L, Rabie H, Brooks A and Lawrenson J. 2007. ‘Two unusual cases of purulent

pericarditis’. S Afr Med J, 97(11): 1105.

Shipton S, Zühlke L, De Decker R, Stirling J and Lawrenson J. 2007. ‘The occlusion of residual forward flow in

the subpulmonary outflow tract in patients undergoing single ventricle palliation’. S Afr Med J, 97(11): 1105.

Zühlke L, De Decker R, Hewitson J, Pribut H, Shipton S, Stirling J and Lawrenson J. 2007. ‘ALCAPA: From

critical to cured’. S Afr Med J, 97(11): 1109-1110.

Zühlke L, De Decker R, Hewitson J, Seller N, Whitelaw A and Lawrenson J. 2007. ‘Of lice and men: A case of

Bartonella quintana’. S Afr Med J, 97(11): 1110.

2006

Lawrenson JB, Kalis NN, Pribut H, Hewitson J, Shipton S, Stirling J and De Decker R. 2006. ‘Why are some

South African children with Down syndrome not being offered cardiac surgery?’. S Afr Med J, 96(9 Pt 2): 914-

9.

Mayosi B, Robertson K, Volmink J, Adebo W, Akinyore K, Amoah A, Bannerman C, Biesman-Simons S,

Carapetis J, Cilliers A, Commerford P, Croasdale A, Damasceno A, Dean J, Dean M, de Souza R, Filipe A, Hugo-

Hamman C, Jurgens-Clur SA, Kombila-Koumba P, Kotzenberg C, Lawrenson J, Manga P, Matenga J, Mathivha

T, Mntla P, Mocumbi A, Mokone T, Ogola E, Omokhodion S, Palweni C, Pearce A, Salo A, Thomas B, Walker K,

Wiysonge C and Zaher S. 2006. ‘The Drakensberg declaration on the control of rheumatic fever and

rheumatic heart disease in Africa’. S Afr Med J, 96(3 Pt 2): 246.

Roussot MA, Lawrenson JB, Hewitson J, Smart R and De Decker HP. 2006. ‘Is cardiac surgery warranted in

children with Down syndrome? A case-controlled review’. S Afr Med J, 96 (9 pt 2): 924-30.

Walker K, Lawrenson J and Wilmshurst JM. 2006. ‘Sydenham's chorea--clinical and therapeutic update 320

years down the line’. S Afr Med J, 96(9 pt 2): 906 – 12.

2005

De Decker R. 2005. ‘Congenital heart disease in genetic context: broadening the cardiologist’s horizons’. SA

Heart, 2(2): 6-12.

Hatherill M, Salie S, Waggie Z, Lawrenson J, Hewitson J, Reynolds L and Argent A. 2005. ‘Hyperchloraemic

metabolic acidosis following open cardiac surgery’. Arch Dis Child, 90: 1288-1292.

Kibel MA, Molteno CD and De Decker R. 2005. ‘Cot death controversies’. S Afr Med J, 95(11): 853-7.

Saul JP et al. for the Intravenous Amiodarone Pediatric Investigators. 2005. ‘Intravenous amiodarone for

incessant tachyarrhythmias in children: a randomized, double-blind, antiarrhythmic drug trial’. Circulation,

112: 3470-3477.

Walker KG, Lawrenson J and Wilmshurst JM. 2005. ‘Neuropsychiatric movement disorders following

streptococcal infection’. Dev Med Child Neurol, 47: 771-5.

2004

Hatherill M, Levin M, Lawrenson J, Hsiao NY, Reynolds L and Argent A. 2004. ‘Evolution of an adenovirus

outbreak in a multidisciplinary children's hospital’. J Paediatr Child Health, 40: 449-54.

2003

Du Toit HJ, Von Oppel UO, Hewitson J, Lawrenson J and Davies J. 2003. ‘Left ventricular sub-valvar mitral

aneurysms’. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 547–551.

Eyskens B, Mertens L, Kuzo R, de Jaegere T, Lawrenson J, Dymarkowski S, Bogaert J, Daenen W and Gewillig

M. 2003. ‘The ratio of flow in the superior and inferior caval veins after construction of a bidirectional

cavopulmonary anastomosis in children’. Cardiol Young, 13: 123-130.

Lawrenson J, Eyskens B, Vlasselaers D and Gewillig M. 2003. ’Manipulating parallel circuits – Perioperative

management of patients with complex congenital heart disease’. Cardiol Young, 13: 316-22.

McCulloch M, Andronikou S, Goddard E, Sinclair P, Lawrenson J, Mandelstam S,Beningfield SJ and Millar AJ.

2003. ‘Angiographic features of 26 children with Takayasu's arteritis’. Pediatr Radiol, 33: 230-5.

2002

De Decker HP. 2002. ‘Mother-to-fetus HIV transmission during amniocentesis: ethical concerns’. S Afr Med J,

92: 124-125.

De Decker R and Lawrenson J. 2002. ‘FISHing at Red Cross Hospital: a review of our experience with the 22q

Deletion syndrome’. Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa: Abstracts from the Congress of the SAHA, Sun

City, 6-9 October 2002.

2001

De Decker HP and Lawrenson JB. 2001. ‘The 22q11.2 deletion: From diversity to a single gene theory’.

Genetics in Medicine, 3: 2-5.

Waggie Z, Lawrenson J, Hatherill M, Hewitson J and Argent A. 2001. ‘ARTICLES-Postoperative care of the

child undergoing cardiac surgery’. Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 17: 49-53.

1980s/1990s

Lawrenson J, Stirling J and Hewitson J. 1999. ‘Images in Cardiology: Mycotic aneurysm of the left pulmonary

artery in a child with tetralogy of Fallot and Streptococcus viridans infective endocarditis’. Heart, 82: 88.

Levy D, Lawrenson J, Schulz J, Milo S and Reisner SA. 1999. ‘Microbubbles associated with mitral valve

prostheses in pediatric patients’. Eur J Ultrasound, 9: 213-21.

Eyskens B, Lawrenson J, Moerman P, Brock P, Dumoulin M and Gewillig M. 1998. ‘Sudden death following

removal of pericardial fluid in a child presenting with mediastinal lymphoma’. Med Pediatr Oncol, 31: 547-

548.

de Moor M, Lawrenson J, Al Fadley F, Pribut H and Galal O. 1996. ‘Anterograde transcatheter occlusion of

the patent ductus arteriosus with Gianturco coils a new, effective and inexpensive technique’. S Afr Med J,

86: Cardiovascular Suppl 3, C143-C146.

Levin SE, du Plessis J, vd Merwe PL, Lawrenson J and Brink AJ. 1996. ‘Paediatric Cardiology Part 1. Round

Table Discussion’. S Afr Med J, 86: Cardiovascular Suppl4, C220-C227.

Lawrenson JB, Ockreglicki A and Scott Millar RN. 1995. ‘Cardiovascular collapse due to intravenous

verapamil in two patients with persistent atrial tachycardia’. S Afr Med J, 85: 1236-1238.

De Decker HP and Sharief NW. 1995. ‘Prolonged rupture of membranes: a nationwide survey of

management of PROM infants’. British J Intensive Care, 5(9): 283-287.

Lawrenson JB, Commerford PJ and Potgieter PD. 1993. ‘Opiate intoxication secondary to the smoking of

crude opiates’. S Afr Med J, 83: 67-6.

Scott Millar RN, Lawrenson JB and Milne DA. 1993. ‘Normal left ventricular function does not protect against

propafenone induced ventricular tachycardia’. S Afr Med J, 83: 256-259.

Commerford PJ and Lawrenson JB. 1992. ‘Cough-cardiopulmonary resuscitation - a useful manoeuvre’.

Resuscitation, 24: 89-90.

Lawrenson JB, Chapman P, Geffen L, et al. 1991. ‘Proteinuria and the acute mononucleosis like illness

associated with seroconversion in HIV infection’. S Afr Med J, 79: 625-626.

Lawrenson JB, Klugman KP, Eidelman JI, et al. 1988. ‘Fatal infection caused by a multiply resistant type3

Pneumococcus’. J Clin Microbiol, 26: 1590-1591.

De Decker HP. 1986. ‘Beer, bubbles and the bends: the biophysics of bubble formation in decompression

illness’. South Pacific Underwater Medical Society Journal, 16(4): 143-147. (Since 2005: Diving and

Hyperbaric Medicine).

Book Chapters (authored or edited)

Lawrenson J, Gewillig M. 1998. ‘Ventricular function in the functionally univentricular heart’. In A.

Redington, W. Brawn, J. Deanfield, R Anderson (eds): Right heart in Congenital heart disease. Greenwich

Medical Limited, 197-202.

Lawrenson J, Pribut H, De Decker HP, Zühlke L. 2010. ‘Cardiovascular Problems’. In Motala C (ed): The

Handbook of Paediatrics, 7th edition. Oxford University Press, 166-182.

Mayosi BM and Lawrenson JB. 2012 ‘Cardiovascular diseases’. In Magill AJ, Ryan ET, Hill D and Solomon T

(eds): Hunter’s Tropical medicine and emerging infectious diseases, 9th edition. Elsevier, 12-17.

De Decker R. 2013. ‘An approach to the cyanotic child’. In Wallis LA and Reynolds TA (eds): AFEM Handbook

of Acute and Emergency Care. Oxford University Press (Southern Africa).

Mocumbi A, Zühlke L and Zilla P. 2016. ‘Acquired heart disease’. In Stewart S, Sliwa K, Mocumbi A,

Damasceno A and Ntsekhe M (eds): The Heart of Africa: Clinical Profile of an Evolving Burden of Heart

Disease, 1st edition, Wiley-Blackwell.

Zühlke L, Narula J and Carapetis JR. 2017. ‘Valvular Heart Disease – Acute Rheumatic Fever’, In Fuster V,

Harrington RA, Narula J and Eapen ZJ (eds): Hurst’s The Heart, 14th edition.

Zühlke, L. 2015. ‘Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease’. In Spector JM and Gibson T (eds):

Atlas of Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-Limited Settings, 2nd edition.

Zühlke, L. (In press). ‘Rheumatic Heart Disease’. In Pinto F and Peters F (eds): ESC Textbook of Cardiology.

De Decker R. (In press). Mountain Rescue Doctor: Cape Town. In Tomazin I (ed): Mountain Rescue Doctor.

Czechoslovakia. ICAR Medcom.

Continuing Medical Education

De Decker, R. 2005. The Human Genome Project: from benchtop to bedside. Guest editorial. Continuing

Medical Education. 23(1): 5.

De Decker, R. 2005. The Human Genome Project in clinical perspective: the emperor's new clothes?

Continuing Medical Education. 23(1): 14-17.

De Decker, R. 2005. Genomics from the heart: cot death and the long QT syndrome. Continuing Medical

Education. 23(1): 26.

De Decker, R. 2011. Managing children's heart disease: a basic guide to wizardry. Guest editorial. Continuing

Medical Education. 29(11): 445.

Andrag L and De Decker, R. 2011. Pattern recognition in paediatric ECGs: the hidden secrets to clinical

diagnosis. Continuing Medical Education. 29(11): 452-455.

De Decker, R and Van der Merwe, E. 2011. Managing congenital heart disease and comorbidities - opening a

Pandora's box? Continuing Medical Education. 29(11): 456-459.

Hewitson, J and De Decker, R. 2011. Congenital heart surgery: what we do to our patients. Continuing

Medical Education. 29(11): 467-470.

De Decker, R. 2011. The role of epigenetics in the origin of congenital heart disease. Continuing Medical

Education. 29(11): 479-480.