1. Dyspnea in heart failure

   • Franz X. Kleber

   Introduction Pages: III - III

2. Signal transduction in heart failure

   • M. Böhm

   Introduction Pages: III - III

3. Regulation of myocardial calcium channels by cyclic AMP metabolism

   • L. Hove-Madsen
   • P. -F. Méry
   • R. Fischmeister

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 8

4. Ventilation during exercise in chronic heart failure

   • K. Wasserman
   • Y. -Y. Zhang
   • M. S. Riley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 11

5. Altered inotropism in the failing human myocardium

   • U. Bavendiek
   • K. Brixius
   • R. H. G. Schwinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 16

6. Neuroendocrine changes in chronic cardiac failure

   • D. P. Nicholls
   • G. N. Onuoha
   • K. D. Buchanan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 20

7. Calcium cycling proteins and forcefrequency relationship in heart failure

   • G. Hasenfuss
   • H. Reinecke
   • H. Just

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

8. Endothelin in congestive heart failure

   • M. P. Love
   • J. J. V. McMurray

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 29

9. Assessment of systolic and diastolic LV function by MR myocardial tagging

   • C. Matter
   • E. Nagel
   • O. M. Hess

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 28

10. Role of exercise ventilation in the limitation of functional capacity in patients with congestive heart failure

    • M. Metra
    • L. Dei Cas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 36

11. Mechanisms of β-adrenergic receptor desensitization: from molecular biology to heart failure

    • M. J. Lohse
    • S. Engelhardt
    • M. Böhm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 34

12. Exertional hyperpnea in patients with chronic heart failure is a reversible cause of exercise intolerance

    • I. Reindl
    • F. X. Kleber

    OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 43

13. β-Adrenergic receptors in failing human myocardium

    • O. -E. Brodde

    OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 40

14. Impaired matching of perfusion and ventilation in heart failure detected by¹³³xenon

    • N. P. Lewis
    • A. P. Banning
    • A. H. Henderson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 49

15. Regulation of the human Giα-2 gene promotor activity in embryonic chicken cardiomyocytes

    • T. Eschenhagen
    • M. Friedrichsen
    • L. S. Weinstein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46

16. Role of G-proteins in altered β-adrenergic responsiveness in the failing and hypertrophied myocardium

    • M. Böhm
    • M. Flesch
    • P. Schnabel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 51

17. Acceleration of contraction by β-adrenoceptor stimulation is greater in ventricular myocytes from failing than non-failing human hearts

    • S. E. Harding
    • L. A. Brown
    • P. A. Poole-Wilson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 56

18. The cellular basis of angiotensin converting enzyme mRNA expression in rat heart

    • M. Paul
    • M. Stoll
    • M. S. Fernandez-Alfonso

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 63

19. Adaptive and genetic alterations of the renin angiotensin system in cardiac hypertrophy and failure

    • S. R. Holmer
    • H. Schunkert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 71

20. Subtype 2 and atypical angiotensin receptors in the human heart

    • V. Regitz-Zagrosek
    • M. Neuß
    • E. Fleck

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 77

21. Effect of the renin-angiotensinaldosterone system on the cardiac interstium in heart failure

    • A. Wilke
    • R. Funck
    • C. G. Brilla

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 84

22. Activated tissue renin-angiotensin systems add to the progression of heart failure

    • Y. M. Pinto
    • H. Buikema
    • K. I. Lie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 90

23. Angiotensin II Type 1 receptor induced signal-transduction pathways as new targets for pharmacological treatment of the renin-angiotensin system

    • W. Schorb
    • G. Ertl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 96