1. Levosimendan in Regional Myocardial Ischemia

   • Burkert Pieske

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 379 - 381

2. Vitamins, Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Risk

   • Ian M. Graham
   • Patrick O'Callaghan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 389

3. Hyperhomocysteinemia, Vascular Function and Atherosclerosis: Effects of Vitamins

   • William G. Haynes

   OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 399

4. Vitamins, Antioxidants and Endothelial Function in Coronary Artery Disease

   • Burkhard Hornig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 409

5. Antioxidant Vitamins and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. Review of Large-Scale Randomised Trials

   • Robert Clarke
   • Jane Armitage

   OriginalPaper Pages: 411 - 415

6. Comparison of the Effects of Cilostazol and Milrinone on cAMP-PDE Activity, Intracellular cAMP and Calcium in the Heart

   • Yasmin Shakur
   • Miranda Fong
   • Yongge Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 427

7. Improvement of Aortic Wall Distensibility and Reduction of Oxidative Stress by Pioglitazone in Pre-diabetic Stage of Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rats

   • Teppei Tsuji
   • Katsufumi Mizushige
   • Masakazu Kohno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 429 - 434

8. Effect of the Calcium Sensitizer Levosimendan on the Performance of Ischaemic Myocardium in Anaesthetised Pigs

   • Peter Tassani
   • Hubert Schad
   • Rüdiger Lange

   OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 441

9. Effects of Long-Term Monotherapy with Metoprolol CR/XL on the Progression of Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Remodeling in Dogs with Chronic Heart Failure

   • Hideaki Morita
   • George Suzuki
   • Hani N. Sabbah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 443 - 449

10. Use of Cardiovascular Drugs After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Marked Shift Towards Evidence-Based Drug Therapy

    • Åsmund Reikvam
    • Elena Kvan
    • Ivar Aursnes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 451 - 456

11. Beta-Blockers and Diabetes: The Bad Guys Come Good

    • John Malcolm Cruickshank

    OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 470

12. Massive Postoperative Rhabdomyolysis Following Combined CABG/Abdominal Aortic Replacement: A Possible Association With HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

    • Mathias Wilhelmi
    • Michael Winterhalter
    • Axel Haverich

    OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 475