1. Autoreactivity to the cardiac myocyte, connective tissue and the extracellular matrix in heart disease and postcardiac injury

   • Bernhard Maisch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 369 - 395

2. Congenital AV-block: Role of anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies

   • James S. Scott
   • Pamela V. Taylor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 397 - 408

3. Humoral immune response to cardiac conducting tissue

   • Ulrich Lotze
   • Bernhard Maisch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 422

4. Heart transplantation: Cellular and humoral immunity

   • Marlene L. Rose
   • Magdi H. Yacoub

   OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 438

5. Autoreactive mechanisms in infective endocarditis

   • Bernhard Maisch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 456

6. Immune complexes in infective endocarditis

   • Arnold S. Bayer
   • Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 469

7. The pathogenesis of endomyocardial fibrosis: the role of the eosinophil

   • Christopher J. F. Spry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 477

8. Retrospective and perspectives in the immunology of cardiac diseases

   • Bernhard Maisch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 482