Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging and myocardial function in thalassemia major Diana IarussiG. Di SalvoMara Ferrara ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 6
Surgical outcome of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis Y. UmedaYoshio MoriHajime Hirose ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 7 - 11
Endothelin-1 and functional tissue factor: a possible relationship with severity in primary pulmonary hypertension María T. ColladosBlanca VelázquezVerónica Guarner ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 12 - 17
Improvement of endothelial dysfunction by angiotensin II blockade accompanied by induction of vascular hepatocyte growth factor system in diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats Keiko MatsumotoRyuichi MorishitaToshio Ogihara ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 18 - 25
Adenosine infusion inhibits adenosine-induced cardiac actions but enhances acetylcholine-induced actions in isolated dog atria Masato TsuboiS. Chiba ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 26 - 31
Histological study on the distribution of autonomic nerves in the human heart H. KawanoRyozo OkadaKatsusuke Yano ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 32 - 39
Argatroban as an alternative anticoagulant for patients with heparin allergy during coronary bypass surgery H. OhnoMasafumi HigashidateTatsuya Yokosuka CASE REPORT Pages: 40 - 42
Löffler's endocarditis associated with unusual ECG change mimicking posterior myocardial infarction Hidetomo MaruyoshiSatoshi NakataniM. Yamagishi CASE REPORT Pages: 43 - 46
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, which is released from blood product transfusions, might be associated with (sub)acute thrombosis after coronary dilatation and stenting: a case report M. ŠabovičSimona Kržišnik Zorman CASE REPORT Pages: 47 - 49
A case of cardiac sarcoidosis with advanced atrioventricular block. Failure of endomyocardial biopsy diagnosis and success in detecting Hiroki KasaiJun-ichi SuzukiM. Sekiguchi CASE REPORT Pages: 50 - 52
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with aneurysmal degeneration of the apex Akira SatoT. ShigaHiroshi Kasanuki GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 53 - 54
Paradoxical regional myocardial uptake between 201Thallium and 123I-BMIPP SPECT in patients with cardiomyopathy K. UeshimaYasuyo TaniguchiKatsuhiko Hiramori GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 55 - 56
Recurrent pericardial effusion due to retained cardiac pellets: a case report and review of the literature R. AkdemirHuseyin GunduzCihangir Uyan GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 57 - 59