1. In Memoriam: Dr. Stanley H. Taylor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 288

2. Apoptosis in Cardiac Diseases—New Opportunities for Novel Therapeutics for Heart Diseases

   • Giora Z. Feuerstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 294

3. Vasomotion of Coronary Arteries: From Nitrates to Nitric Oxide

   • Dimitris Tousoulis
   • Graham J. Davies
   • Pavlos C. Toutouzas

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 300

4. Verapamil in Acute Myocardial Infarction. The Rationales of the VAMI and DAVIT III Trials

   • Christian M. Jespersen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 308

5. Early Treatment with Verapamil or Diltiazem in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Safety and Possible Beneficial Effects

   • Peter R. Sage
   • Anthony J. Kiosoglous
   • John D. Horowitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 314

6. The Effect of Verapamil on Left Ventricular Remodelling and Diastolic Function after Acute Myocardial Infarction (The Verapamil Infarction Study on Remodelling and Relaxation—VISOR)

   • Enrico Natale
   • Marco Tubaro
   • Salvatore F. Vajola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 324

7. Disopyramide Decreases the Fasting Serum Glucose Level in Man

   • Junichi Hasegawa
   • Atsumi Mori
   • Yosuke Kishimoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 328

8. Effects of the Ikr-Blocker Almokalant and Predictors of Conversion of Chronic Atrial Tachyarrhythmias to Sinus Rhythm. A Prospective Study

   • Birgitta Houltz
   • Börje Darpö
   • Nils Edvardsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 338

9. Effect of Antihypertensive Therapy on Aortic Distensibility in Patients with Essential Hypertension: Comparison with Trichlormethiazide, Nicardipine and Alacepril

   • Toshio Honda
   • Mareomi Hamada
   • Kunio Hiwada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 339 - 346

10. The Angiotensin II AT1 Receptor Antagonist Candesartan at Antihypertensive Plasma Concentrations Reduces Damage Induced by Ischemia–Reperfusion

    • Masafumi Shimizu
    • Qing-Dong Wang
    • Lars Rydén

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 354

11. Ambulatory Norepinephrine Infusion in Severe Idiopathic Orthostatic Hypotension (Bradbury Eggleston Syndrome)

    • Olaf Oldenburg
    • Raimund Erbel
    • Andreas Kribben

    OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 356

12. Minimal Effects of Levosimendan on Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Tone

    • Herwig Köppel
    • Sigrid Holzmann
    • Robert Gasser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 358

13. Cardiology 1998

    • J.T. Willerson
    • W.C. Roberts
    • W.E. Parmley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 359 - 360

14. Molecular Basis of Cardiovascular Disease: A companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

    • Kenneth R. Chien

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 362

15. The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque: Understanding, Identification, and Modification

    • V Fuster

    OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 363