1. Preface

   • Shigetake Sasayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 301

2. G Proteins in Heart Disease

   • Gerald W. Dorn II

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 310

3. Role of Microtubules in the Transition from Compensated Cardiac Hypertrophy to Failure

   • Hiroyuki Tsutsui
   • Hirofumi Tagawa
   • Akira Takeshita

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 318

4. Alterations in Ionic Currents and Relation to Contractile Dysfunction with Severe Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure

   • Rupak Mukherjee
   • Francis G. Spinale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 327

5. Transition from Hypertrophy to Failure—Β-Adrenergic Desensitization of the Heart

   • Michael Böhm
   • Ichiro Kouchi
   • Oliver Zolk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 351

6. Oxidative Stress Status in the Transition of Hypertrophy to Heart Failure

   • Pawan K. Singal
   • Neelam Khaper
   • Monica Bhayana

   OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 360

7. Changes in Gene Expression during the Transition from Compensated Hypertrophy to Heart Failure

   • Krishna Singh
   • Oscar H.L. Bing

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 378

8. Transition from Compensated to Decompensated Cardiac Hypertrophy

   • Shigetake Sasayama
   • Yasuki Kihara
   • Koji Hasegawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 388