1. Preface

   • Nilanjana Maulik

   Preface Pages: 1 - 2

2. Non-classical mechanisms of heart repair

   • Gina C. Schatteman

   Review Pages: 103 - 117

3. Growth factor activation in myocardial vascularization: Therapeutic implications

   • Robert J. Tomanek
   • Wei Zheng
   • Xinping Yue

   ReviewPaper Pages: 3 - 11

4. Angiogenic signal during cardiac repair

   • Nilanjana Maulik

   ReviewPaper Pages: 13 - 23

5. Nitric oxide signaling during myocardial angiogenesis

   • Takahisa Kondo
   • Koichi Kobayashi
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   ReviewPaper Pages: 25 - 34

6. Myocardial angiogenesis

   • Eiji Toyota
   • Toshiro Matsunaga
   • William M. Chilian

   ReviewPaper Pages: 35 - 44

7. Verification of coronary angiogenesis by quantitative morphology

   • Karel Rakusan

   ReviewPaper Pages: 45 - 49

8. Complexity in the vascular permeability factor/vascular endothelial growth factor (VPF/VEGF)-receptors signaling

   • Debabrata Mukhopadhyay
   • Huiyan Zeng
   • Resham Bhattacharya

   ReviewPaper Pages: 51 - 61

9. Therapeutic myocardial angiogenesis with vascular endothelial growth factors

   • Young-sup Yoon
   • Ingrid A. Johnson
   • Douglas W. Losordo

   ReviewPaper Pages: 63 - 74

10. Therapeutic myocardial angiogenesis: Past, present and future

    • Mickey Scheinowitz

    ReviewPaper Pages: 75 - 83

11. Reactive oxygen species as mediators of angiogenesis signaling. Role of NAD(P)H oxidase

    • Masuko Ushio-Fukai
    • R. Wayne Alexander

    ReviewPaper Pages: 85 - 97

12. Integrative signaling in angiogenesis

    • Michael Simons

    ReviewPaper Pages: 99 - 102

13. Non-classical mechanisms of heart repair

    • Gina C. Schatteman

    ReviewPaper Pages: 103 - 117

14. Protein-, gene-, and cell-based therapeutic angiogenesis for the treatment of myocardial ischemia

    • Marc Ruel
    • Jianming Song
    • Frank W. Sellke

    ReviewPaper Pages: 119 - 131

15. Neovascularization derived from cell transplantation in ischemic myocardium

    • Denis Angoulvant
    • Shafie Fazel
    • Ren-Ke Li

    ReviewPaper Pages: 133 - 142

16. Angiogenic strategy for human ischemic heart disease: Brief overview

    • Shoji Fukuda
    • Shinpei Yoshii
    • Nilanjana Maulik

    ReviewPaper Pages: 143 - 149

17. Therapeutic angiogenesis for severe ischemic heart diseases by autologous bone marrow cells transplantation

    • Reiji Hattori
    • Hiroaki Matsubara

    ReviewPaper Pages: 151 - 155

18. Current clinical perspectives on myocardial angiogenesis

    • Debabrata Mukherjee

    ReviewPaper Pages: 157 - 167

19. Gene transfer of CuZn superoxide dismutase enhances the synthesis of vascular endothelial growth factor

    • Jolanta Grzenkowicz-Wydra
    • Jarosław Cisowski
    • Józef Dulak

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 181

20. Expression of matrix metalloproteinase activity in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: A marker of cardiac dilatation

    • Hanumanth K. Reddy
    • Imam E. Tjahja
    • Suresh C. Tyagi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191

21. Expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the vascular wall during arteriogenesis

    • Wei-jun Cai
    • Elisabeth Kocsis
    • Jutta Schaper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 200

22. Remodeling of the vascular tunica media is essential for development of collateral vessels in the canine heart

    • Wei-Jun Cai
    • Elisabeth Kocsis
    • Jutta Schaper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 210

23. Index to Volume 264

    Other Index Pages: 211 - 212

24. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 213 - 213