1. Focussed Issue: Mitochondria – a matter of life and death

   • Fabio Di Lisa
   • Rainer Schulz

   Pages: 209 - 209

2. Mitochondrial ageing

   • M. Szibor
   • J. Holtz

   FOCUSSED ISSUE: Mitochondria – a matter of life and death Pages: 210 - 218

3. Mitochondrial proteomics

   • Todd G. McDonald
   • Jennifer E. Van Eyk

   FOCUSSED ISSUE: Mitochondria – a matter of life and death Pages: 219 - 227

4. Mitochondria and their role in preconditioning's trigger phase

   • Thomas Krieg
   • Michael V. Cohen
   • James M. Downey

   FOCUSSED ISSUE: Mitochondria – a matter of life and death Pages: 228 - 234

5. Mitochondria and reperfusion injury

   • Fabio Di Lisa
   • Marcella Canton
   • Paolo Bernardi

   FOCUSSED ISSUE: Mitochondria – a matter of life and death Pages: 235 - 241

6. Mitochondrial signaling in apoptosis: Mitochondrial daggers to the breaking heart

   • Roberta A. Gottlieb

   FOCUSSED ISSUE: Mitochondria – a matter of life and death Pages: 242 - 249

7. Ischaemic preconditioning and a mitochondrial K_ATP channel opener both produce cardioprotection accompanied by F₁F₀-ATPase inhibition in early ischaemia

   • Antti Ala-Rämi
   • Kari V. Ylitalo
   • Ilmo E. Hassinen

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 250 - 258

8. Role of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and programmed ventricular stimulation for risk stratification in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Rüdiger Becker
   • Markus Haass
   • Wolfgang Schoels

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 259 - 266

9. Muscular levels of proinflammatory cytokines correlate with a reduced expression of insulinlike growth factor-I in chronic heart failure

   • P. Christian Schulze
   • Stephan Gielen
   • Gerhard Schuler

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 267 - 274