1. My cardiovascular wish list for 2004

   • Joseph S. Alpert

   Editor's Commentary Pages: 77 - 78

2. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 80 - 85

3. Web alert

   News Pages: 86 - 86

4. Aortic valve disease: Current recommendations

   • Naomi F. Botkin
   • Gerard P. Aurigemma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 95

5. Mitral regurgitation in chronic heart failure: More questions than answers?

   • Mandeep R. Mehra
   • Mihai Gheorghiade
   • Robert O. Bonow

   OriginalPaper Pages: 96 - 99

6. Newer concepts in the surgical treatment of valvular heart disease

   • Edward Y. Sako

   OriginalPaper Pages: 100 - 105

7. Complications of prosthetic heart valves

   • Jeanne M. Vesey
   • Catherine M. Otto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 106 - 111

8. Clinical trials report

   • Jesse Weinberger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 116

9. Mechanisms of ischemic brain injury

   • Vallabh Janardhan
   • Adnan I. Qureshi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 123

10. Treatment of hypertension and prevention of ischemic stroke

    • Wilbert S. Aronow
    • William H. Frishman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 124 - 129

11. Antiphospholipid antibodies and stroke

    • Stanley Tuhrim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 130 - 134

12. The role of warfarin and aspirin in secondary prevention of stroke

    • Mitchell S. V. Elkind

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 142

13. Management of patients with stroke and a patent foramen ovale

    • Carlos J. Rodriguez
    • Shunichi Homma

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 146