1. Effects of diabetes on cardiac glycogen metabolism in rats

   • Masahide Nakao
   • Tatsuaki Matsubara
   • Nobuo Sakamoto

   Originals Pages: 171 - 175

2. Vascular relaxing mechanism of denopamine in isolated canine coronary, femoral, mesenteric, and renal arteries

   • Jo Aikawa
   • Masao Moroi
   • Issei Takayanagi

   Originals Pages: 176 - 180

3. Smooth muscle responses of the rat septal artery are not influenced by surrounding passive cardiac tissue

   • Pieter Sipkema
   • Peter J. W. van der Linden
   • Nico Westerhof

   Originals Pages: 181 - 185

4. Three-dimensional distribution of myocardial fibrosis in the new J-2-N cardiomyopathic hamster: Comparison with electrocardiographic findings

   • Atsushi Takeda
   • Sachio Kawai
   • Makoto Nagano

   Originals Pages: 186 - 193

5. Velocity profiles in the ascending aorta in pigs: Axial development and influence of changes in left ventricular contraction pattern

   • N. H. Staalsen
   • J. M. Hasenkam
   • E. M. Pedersen

   Originals Pages: 194 - 202

6. Pharmacological intervention for renal protection during cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Kazuhiro Hashimoto
   • Kohji Nomura
   • Hiromi Kurosawa

   Originals Pages: 203 - 210

7. Hemangioma of the left ventricular cavity: Presumptive diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging

   • Shigeru Fukuzawa
   • Tsukasa Yamamoto
   • Shun Ozawa

   Graphic report Pages: 211 - 214

8. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 215 - 215

9. Acknowledgement to Reviewers

   Acknowledgments Pages: 216 - 216