1. Current trends in heart hypertrophy

   • P. Y. Hatt
   • P. Jouannot
   • B. Swynghedauw

   Editorial Pages: 479 - 483

2. The mechanism of the heart's adaptation to prolonged load and dynamics of RNA synthesis in the myocardium

   • F. Z. Meerson
   • M. P. Javitz
   • M. I. Lerman

   Original Contributions Pages: 484 - 499

3. Myocardial nucleic acid synthesis following constriction of the aorta in rats

   • M. Beznak
   • I. French
   • K. J. Kako

   Original Contributions Pages: 499 - 508

4. The ulstrastructure of sarcomeres in hypertrophied canine myocardium in spontaneous subaortic stenosis

   • J. Schaper
   • K. -U. Thiedemann
   • W. Schaper

   Original Contributions Pages: 509 - 515

5. Left ventricular isovolumetric pressure-volume relations, “diastolic tone”, and contractility in the rat heart after physical training

   • A. Hepp
   • M. Hansis
   • R. Jacob

   Original Contributions Pages: 516 - 532

6. Wirkung von Wachstumshormon und Schwimmtraining auf das Herz der Ratte

   • L. Benesch
   • A. Moubayed
   • G. Herbertz

   Original Contributions Pages: 533 - 542