1. Leadership in academic medicine: A personal perspective

   • Joseph S. Alpert

   Editor’s Commentary Pages: 255 - 257

2. Web alert

   News Pages: 258 - 259

3. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 260 - 262

4. Clinical trials report

   • Desmond Julian

   BriefCommunication Pages: 265 - 267

5. The definitions of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, and unstable angina

   • Kristian A. Thygesen
   • Joseph S. Alpert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 268 - 272

6. Percutaneous coronary intervention in st-elevation myocardial infarction

   • Thomas J. Ryan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 279

7. Cardiac markers in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes

   • Paul O. Collinson
   • Linda Chamberlain

   OriginalPaper Pages: 280 - 288

8. Guidelines for the acute coronary syndromes

   • Elliot Rapaport

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 296

9. Clinical trials report

   • Peter A. O’Callaghan

   BriefCommunication Pages: 299 - 300

10. Should patients with asymptomatic wolff-parkinson-white pattern undergo a catheter ablation?

    • Paul LeLorier
    • George J. Klein
    • Allan Skanes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 304

11. Clinical characteristics and catheter ablation of left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia

    • Sanjay Dixit
    • Francis E. Marchlinski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 313

12. What niche will newer class III antiarrhythmic drugs occupy?

    • Bramah N. Singh
    • Jonnalagedda S. M. Sarma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 314 - 323

13. Advances in device lead extraction

    • Charles L. Byrd

    OriginalPaper Pages: 324 - 333