1. The lesson of Darwin for today’s science

   • Joseph S. Alpert

   Editor’s Commentary Pages: 441 - 441

2. Web alert

   News Pages: 442 - 442

3. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 443 - 446

4. Hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and sudden death

   • Lwin Lwin Tin
   • D. Gareth Beevers
   • Gregory Y. H. Lip

   OriginalPaper Pages: 449 - 457

5. Proteinuria: An underappreciated risk factor in cardiovascular disease

   • Julián Segura
   • Carlos Campo
   • Luis M. Ruilope

   OriginalPaper Pages: 458 - 462

6. Systolic versus diastolic blood pressure versus pulse pressure

   • William B. White

   OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 467

7. Why β-blockers are not cardioprotective in elderly patients with hypertension

   • Ehud Grossman
   • Franz H. Messerli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 468 - 473

8. Are all antihypertensive drug classes equal in reducing left ventricular hypertrophy?

   • Erwin H. Fleischmann
   • Roland E. Schmieder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 474 - 478

9. Vasodilatory edema: A common side effect of antihypertensive therapy

   • Franz H. Messerli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 482

10. Clinical trials report

    • Peter W. F. Wilson

    BriefCommunication Pages: 485 - 487

11. Hypertriglyceridemia and risk of coronary heart disease

    • John E. Hokanson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 488 - 493

12. Dyslipidemia of the metabolic syndrome

    • Giacomo Ruotolo
    • Barbara V. Howard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 494 - 500

13. The effects of errors in lipid measurement and assessment

    • Gerald R. Cooper
    • Gary L. Myers
    • Parvin P. Waymack

    OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 507

14. Genetics, the environment, and lipid abnormalities

    • Jose M. Ordovas
    • Haiqing Shen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 508 - 513

15. Insulin resistance, diabetes, and atherosclerosis: Thiazolidinediones as therapeutic interventions

    • Annaswamy Raji
    • Jorge Plutzky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 514 - 521