1. Web alert

   News Pages: 173 - 174

2. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 175 - 176

3. Epidemiology and pathophysiology of heart failure

   • Margaret M. Redfield

   Clinical Trials Review Pages: 179 - 180

4. Ventricular unloading and myocyte recovery: Insight gained into the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure

   • Kenneth B. Margulies

   OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 188

5. The role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure

   • Charles F. McTiernan
   • Arthur M. Feldman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 197

6. Natriuretic peptides in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure

   • Horng H. Chen
   • John C. Burnett Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 198 - 205

7. Oxidative stress in congestive heart failure

   • Pawan K. Singal
   • Neelam Khaper
   • Adriane Belló-Klein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 206 - 211

8. Failing energetics in failing hearts

   • Petras P. Dzeja
   • Margaret M. Redfield
   • Andre Terzic

   OriginalPaper Pages: 212 - 217

9. Management of heart failure

   • Thierry H. Le Jemtel

   Clinical Trials Review Pages: 221 - 224

10. Deactivation of the sympathetic nervous system in patients with chronic congestive heart failure

    • Edward M. Gilbert
    • J. David Port

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 232

11. Levosimendan: A promising agent for the treatment of hospitalized patients with decompensated heart failure

    • Lasse Lehtonen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 243

12. Current management of patients with pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular insufficiency

    • Shelley R. Hankins
    • Evelyn M. Horn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 244 - 251

13. Selective or nonselective β-adrenergic blockade in patients with congestive heart failure

    • Marco Metra
    • Savina Nodari
    • Livio Dei Cas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 252 - 257

14. Therapeutic implications of escape from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in patients with chronic heart failure

    • Pierre Vladimir Ennezat
    • Michael Berlowitz
    • Thierry H. Le Jemtel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 258 - 262