1. Do Standardized Beta-Blocker Titration Protocols in Heart Failure Improve Compliance? The GESICA Registry Experience

   • Willem J. Remme

   Editorial Pages: 99 - 101

2. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors: Should They be Used Early Post Myocardial Infarction?

   • Bertram Pitt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 104

3. Taurine May Prevent Diabetic Rats from Developing Cardiomyopathy also by Downregulating Angiotensin II Type2 Receptor Expression

   • Changyun Li
   • Linsheng Cao
   • Ranjit Sharma

   Basic Pharmacology Pages: 105 - 112

4. Counteracting Effects of High Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Subfractions on Statin-Induced Growth Arrest

   • Masahiro Fujino
   • Shin-ichiro Miura
   • Keijiro Saku

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

5. Acute Administration of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Thrombolysed Myocardial Infarction Patients Is Associated with a Decreased Incidence of Heart Failure, but an Increased Re-Infarction Risk

   • Adriaan A. Voors
   • Pieter J. de Kam
   • Wiek H. van Gilst

   Clinical Trials Pages: 119 - 124

6. Impact of a Standardized Titration Protocol with Carvedilol in Heart Failure: Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy—A Report from the GESICA Registry

   • Daniel Nul
   • Carola Zambrano
   • Hernán Doval for Grupo de Estudio de la Sobrevida en la Insuficiencia Cardiaca en Argentina (GESICA) Investigators

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 134

7. Beyond the Statins: New Therapeutic Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

   • M. John Chapman

   Review Article Pages: 135 - 139

8. Comparison of Impedance Cardiography and Thermodilution-Derived Measurements of Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output at Rest and During Exercise Testing

   • A. Scherhag
   • J. J. Kaden
   • M. Borggrefe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 147

9. Ximelagatran Compared with Warfarin for the Prevention of Systemic Embolism and Stroke. An Imputed Placebo Analysis

   • Colin Berry
   • John Norrie
   • John J. V. McMurray

   Short Communication Pages: 149 - 151

10. Comparison of Endothelial Function in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome on Bezafibrate or Atorvastatin Therapy

    • Christoph Hanefeld
    • Nadine Bulut-Streich
    • Martin Spiecker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 155

11. Intracranial Bleeding Associated with Clopidogrel

    • Serkan Cay
    • Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz
    • Sule Korkmaz

    Case Report Pages: 157 - 158