1. Introduction

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 5 - 5

2. Pharmacotherapy of dilated cardiomyopathy: Current status and future directions

   • Chuichi Kawai

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 7 - 10

3. Early and late proarrhythmia from antiarrhythmic drug therapy

   • Joel Morganroth

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 11 - 14

4. What do the newer inotropic drugs have to offer?

   • Shigetake Sasayama

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 15 - 18

5. Should calcium antagonists be used after myocardial infarction? Ischemia selectivity versus vascular selectivity

   • Lionel H. Opie

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 19 - 24

6. Drugs affecting plasma fibrinogen levels

   • Giovanni di Minno
   • Mario Mancini

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 25 - 27

7. Thromboxane synthase inhibitors and receptor antagonists

   • Jos Vermylen
   • Hans Deckmyn

   State-of-the-Art Lectures Pages: 29 - 33

8. Classification of calcium channels and calcium antagonists: Progress report

   • Michael Spedding
   • Rodolfo Paoletti

   Review: Classification of Calcium Antagonists Pages: 35 - 39

9. Hemodynamic effects of nisoldipine, a highly specific calcium antagonist, in patients with acute myocardial infarction

   • J. Wilson
   • P. J. Commerford
   • L. H. Opie

   Calcium Antagonists Pages: 41 - 46

10. Protection of human, rat, and guinea-pig atrial muscle by mioflazine, lidoflazine, and verapamil against the destructive effects of high concentrations of Ca²⁺

    • Ursula Ravens
    • Liu Guo-shu
    • Marcel Borgers

    Experimental Pharmacology Pages: 47 - 58

11. The selective bradycardic effects of zatebradine (UL-FS 49) do not adversely affect left ventricular function in conscious pigs with chronic coronary artery occlusion

    • Leon J. van Woerkens
    • Willem J. van der Giessen
    • Pieter D. Verdouw

    Experimental Pharmacology Pages: 59 - 65

12. Beneficial actions of amlodipine in the multiple-stunned canine myocardium

    • Garrett J. Gross
    • Galen M. Pieper

    Experimental Pharmacology Pages: 67 - 75

13. Acute effects of cyclosporin and cremophor EL on endothelial function and vascular smooth muscle in the isolated rat heart

    • Pankaj Mankad
    • Jaroslav Spatenka
    • Magdi Yacoub

    Experimental Pharmacology Pages: 77 - 83

14. Administration of slow-release nifedipine does not affect lactate threshold, hormone release during exercise, and quality of life in normal subjects

    • Koichi Handa
    • Tsukasa Mori
    • Kikuo Arakawa

    Experimental Pharmacology Pages: 85 - 90

15. Diltiazem reduces glomerular pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats

    • Takaaki Isshiki
    • Toshio Nishikimi
    • Edward D. Frohlich

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 91 - 92

16. Hypertension: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management, vols 1 and 2

    Review Pages: 93 - 93

17. In memoriam: Walter Bleifeld

    Obituary Pages: 94 - 94