1. Comparison of the development of tolerance to nitroglycerin in aortic preparations isolated from non-diabetic and diabetic rats

   • Toshihiro Matsuzaki
   • Matao Sakanashi

   Originals Pages: 1 - 7

2. Similar oxygen cost of myocardial contractility between DPI 201-106 and epinephrine despite different subcellular mechanisms of action in dog hearts

   • Shiho Futaki
   • Yoichi Goto
   • Hiroyuki Suga

   Originals Pages: 8 - 17

3. The effects of a high dose of ascorbate on ischemia-reperfusion-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in canine hearts

   • Yasuto Nishinaka
   • Satoru Sugiyama
   • Takayuki Ozawa

   Originals Pages: 18 - 23

4. Pharmacological analysis of positive chronotropic and inotropic responses to etilefrine in isolated dog heart preparations

   • Yasuyuki Karasawa
   • Yasuyuki Furukawa
   • Shigetoshi Chiba

   Originals Pages: 24 - 30

5. The failure of radical scavengers to attenuate the incidence of reperfusion arrhythmias despite improvement of cardiac function

   • Kenryo K. Minezaki
   • Hiroe Nakazawa
   • Haruka Okino

   Originals Pages: 31 - 36

6. Endothelin-induced changes in intracellular calcium concentration in rat vascular smooth muscle cells: Effects of extracellular calcium and atrial natriuretic factor

   • Motoyuki Nakamura
   • Tessa J. Abell
   • Tim G. Yandle

   Originals Pages: 37 - 41

7. Effects of new intravascular contrast agents on [Ca²⁺]_i transients and contraction in cultured ventricular myocytes

   • Osami Kohmoto
   • Hiroshi Matsui
   • Masahiko Iizuka

   Originals Pages: 42 - 51

8. A large conus artery in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

   • Takumi Sumimoto
   • Mareomi Hamada
   • Kunio Hiwada

   Originals Pages: 52 - 55