1. Arteriogenesis - is this terminology necessary?

   • Ivo Buschmann
   • Eva Katzer
   • Christoph Bode

   REVIEW Pages: 1 - 5

2. Editorial Comment on Arteriogenesis - is this terminolgy necessary?

   • William M. Chilian

   EDITORIAL COMMENT Pages: 6 - 7

3. Prostacyclin inhibits adhesion of polymorphonuclear leukocytes to human vascular endothelial cells due to adhesion molecule independent regulatory mechanisms

   • Stephan Lindemann
   • Claudia Gierer
   • Harald Darius

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 8 - 15

4. Effect of atrial dilatation on electrophysiologic properties and inducibility of atrial fibrillation

   • Jin-Long Huang
   • Ching-Tai Tai
   • Shih-Ann Chen

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 16 - 24

5. Prolonged action potential durations, increased dispersion of repolarization, and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a mouse model of proarrhythmia

   • Larissa Fabritz
   • Paulus Kirchhof
   • Wilhelm Haverkamp

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 25 - 32

6. Angiotensin II effects on STAT3 phosphorylation in cardiomyocytes: evidence for Erk-dependent Tyr705 dephosphorylation

   • George W. Booz
   • Jonathan N. E. Day
   • Kenneth M. Baker

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 33 - 38

7. Direct injection and expression in vivo of full-length cDNA of the cardiac isoform of alpha-2 macroglobulin induces cardiac hypertrophy in the rat heart

   • Sudarsan Rajan
   • Jeejabai Radhakrishnan
   • Chellam Rajamanickam

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 39 - 49

8. Mitochondrial K_ATP channel-dependent and -independent phases of ischemic preconditioning against myocardial infarction in the rat

   • Yukinaga Nozawa
   • Tetsuji Miura
   • Kazuaki Shimamoto

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 50 - 58

9. Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 attenuates myocardial stunning in the pig heart

   • Gilles Rioufol
   • Sylvia Pietri
   • Michel Ovize

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 59 - 68