Increase in circulating endothelial progenitor cells after aortic aneurysm repair Takayuki EizawaUichi IkedaKazuyuki Shimada ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 107 - 110
Usefulness of predischarge exercise electrocardiographic testing in detecting the late patency status of the infarct-related artery Evaggelos KountourisEugenia PappaKostas Siogas ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 111 - 115
Does claudication affect the development of coronary collaterals? Özcan ÖzdemirBilal GeyikSule Korkmaz ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 116 - 120
The clinical and surgical features of right-sided intracardiac masses due to echinococcosis Niyazi GormusMehmet YeniterziHasan Solak ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 121 - 124
Taurine prevents Β-glycerophosphate-induced calcification in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells Juxiang LiBaohong ZhangJunbao Du ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 125 - 131
Oral taurine supplementation prevents fructose-induced hypertension in rats Hisashi HaradaTakeshi TsujinoMitsuhiro Yokoyama ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 132 - 136
Block of HERG current expressed in HEK293 cells by the Na+-channel blocker cibenzoline Mikio HiramatsuLong-Mei WuMasayasu Hiraoka ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 137 - 143
Plasma fibrinogen and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in apparently healthy Japanese subjects Hisataka SakakibaraChie FujiiMichitaka Naito ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 144 - 148
Candida parapsilosis endocarditis that emerged 2 years after abdominal surgery Kazumi TonomoTakeshi TsujinoMitsumasa Ohyanagi CASE REPORT Pages: 149 - 152
Pacemaker implantation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava Knut Tore LappegÅrdJan F. PrytzBjØrn Haug CASE REPORT Pages: 153 - 154
Abdominal aortic aneurysm related to Takayasu arteritis during pregnancy Yukio UmedaYoshio MoriHajime Hirose GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 155 - 156
Pulmonary artery aneurysm in Behcet’s disease: a case report Erdem KasikciogluHulya AkhanFeyza Erkan GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 157 - 159