1. Foreign body in the airway: unusual cause of acute dyspnoe after cardiac surgery

   • T. Bossert
   • J. F. Gummert
   • F. W. Mohr

   CLINICAL PICTURE Pages: 375 - 376

2. Clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome: when, how much, how long?

   • A. Elsässer
   • H. Nef
   • C. W. Hamm

   CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE Pages: 377 - 382

3. Biocompatibility screening in cardiovascular implants

   • M. Sigler
   • T. Paul
   • R. G. Grabitz

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 383 - 391

4. Incications and complications of invasive diagnostic procedures and percutaneous coronary interventions in the year 2003

   • U. Zeymer
   • R. Zahn
   • J. Senges

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 392 - 398

5. Reference values of NT-proBNP serum concentrations in the umbilical cord blood and in healthy neonates and children

   • L. Schwachtgen
   • M. Herrmann
   • A. Lindinger

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 399 - 404

6. Angiographic and clinical outcome for the treatment of in-stent restenosis with sirolimus-eluting stent compared to vascular brachytherapy

   • T. Pohl
   • C. Kupatt
   • P. Boekstegers

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 405 - 410

7. Malignant oesophago-pleuro-pericardial fistula in a patient with oesophageal carcinoma

   • M. Wiedmann
   • A. Hagendorff
   • K. Caca

   CASE REPORT Pages: 411 - 414

8. Implantation of an “extracardiac” internal cardioverter defibrillator in a 6-month-old infant

   • T. Kriebel
   • W. Ruschewski
   • T. Paul

   CASE REPORT Pages: 415 - 418

9. Horst Schmutzler 80 Jahre alt

   • H. Eichstädt

   MITTEILUNG Pages: 419 - 420

10. Mitteilung

    MITTEILUNG Pages: 421 - 422

11. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie—Herz- und Kreislaufforschung

    MITTEILUNGEN Pages: 423 - 427