1. Mci-154, a Cardiac Ca²⁺ Sensitizer, Reverses the Depression in Maximal Ca²⁺-Activated Force by Inorganic Phosphate and Acidic pH in Skinned Fiber of Guinea Pig Heart

   • Yoshimi Kitada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 611 - 618

2. Evaluation of the Efficacy and Tolerability of a Low-Dose Combination of Isradipine and Spirapril in the First-Line Treatment of Mild to Moderate Essential Hypertension

   • David Bernhard Pittrow
   • Astrid Antlsperger
   • Gottfried Weidinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 627

3. Effects of Amlodipine and Isosorbide Dinitrate on Exercise-Induced and Ambulatory Ischemia in Patients with Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris

   • Rolf Steffensen
   • Thomas Melchior
   • Torben Haghfelt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 635

4. Barnidipine, a Novel Calcium Antagonist for Once-Daily Treatment of Hypertension: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Study

   • Wimpeter Hart
   • Nicolas J. Holwerda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 643

5. Effects of Calcium Antagonist Felodipine on Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Rats with Congestive Heart Failure

   • Weiguo Zhang
   • Xiangying Sun
   • Thomas Hedner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 645 - 650

6. Increased Urinary cGMP and Decreased Albumin Excretion with Isradipine Treatment in Essential Hypertension

   • Kristina Allikmets
   • Triin Parik
   • Rein Teesalu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 651 - 652

7. Physicochemical Changes in HDL₃ after Bezafibrate Treatment: Influence on Free Cholesterol Efflux from Human Fibroblasts

   • Agnes E. La Ville
   • Rosa Solà
   • Lluís Masana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 653 - 658

8. Mechanism of Action of Gemfibrozil on HDL Metabolism and Atherosclerosis in WHHL Rabbits

   • Rui Liu
   • Keijiro Saku
   • Kikuo Arakawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 659 - 668

9. Studies on the Mechanism Underlying the Antifibrillatory Effect of the A1-Adenosine Agonist, R-PIA, in Rat Isolated Hearts

   • Cherry L. Wainwright
   • Liping Kang
   • Sean Ross

   OriginalPaper Pages: 669 - 678

10. Myocardial Ischemic Tolerance Following Heat Stress Is Abolished by ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Blockade

    • Theresa J. Pell
    • Derek M. Yellon
    • Gary F. Baxter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 679 - 686

11. Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist EXP 3174 Reduces Infarct Size Comparable with Enalaprilat and Augments Preconditioning in the Pig Heart

    • Ernst R. Schwarz
    • Holger Montino
    • Peter Hanrath

    OriginalPaper Pages: 687 - 695