1. Role of lipoxygenase metabolites in cardiovascular disease

   • Esteban Poch

   Invited Commentary Pages: 1 - 2

2. Best bang for the buck?

   • Alan B. Weder

   Invited Commentary Pages: 3 - 5

3. Web alert

   News Pages: 6 - 7

4. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 8 - 8

5. Epithelial sodium channel, salt intake, and hypertension

   • Edith Hummler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 18

6. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms and hypertension

   • Aroon D. Hingorani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 25

7. Homocysteine and blood pressure

   • Coen van Guldener
   • Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara
   • Coen D. A. Stehouwer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 31

8. Air pollution: The "heart" of the problem

   • Robert D. Brook
   • Jeffrey R. Brook
   • Sanjay Rajagopalan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 39

9. Linkage disequilibrium analysis of the renin-angiotensin system genes

   • Xiaofeng Zhu
   • Richard S. Cooper

   OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 46

10. G-protein β3 subunit 825T allele and hypertension

    • Winfried Siffert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 53

11. Clinical Trials Report

    • Frank T. Ruschitzka

    BriefCommunication Pages: 57 - 58

12. Aldosterone: A risk factor for vascular disease

    • Mario Fritsch Neves
    • Ernesto L. Schiffrin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 65

13. The role of RhoA and Rho-associated kinase in vascular smooth muscle contraction

    • Karl Swärd
    • Mitsuo Mita
    • Michael P. Walsh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 72

14. Molecular mechanisms of angiotensin II-induced vascular injury

    • Marta Ruiz-Ortega
    • Monica Ruperez
    • Jesús Egido

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 79

15. The L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway in hypertension

    • Malte Kelm

    OriginalPaper Pages: 80 - 86

16. Does cyclooxygenase-2 affect blood pressure?

    • Hui-Fang Cheng
    • Raymond C. Harris

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 92