Are isolated cardiomyocytes a suitable experimental model in all lines of investigation in basic cardiology? H. KammermeierH. Rose Editorial Pages: 343 - 349
Increased calcium sensitivity of chemically skinned human atria by myosin light chain kinase I. MoranoC. Bächle-StolzJ. C. Rüegg Original Contributions Pages: 350 - 359
Effects of acute iron loading on contractility and spontaneous beating rate of cultured rat myocardial cells J. MorebC. HershkoY. Hasin Original Contributions Pages: 360 - 368
Characteristics of the phenylalkylamine binding site in canine cardiac sarcolemmal membranes L. DumontJ. S. WilliamsA. Schwartz Original Contributions Pages: 369 - 375
Opioids stimulate sarcolemmal NAD(P)H-vanadate dehydrogenase activity C. VenturaC. GuarnieriC. M. Caldarera Original Contributions Pages: 376 - 383
Cardiac mRNA levels during the development and growth of the rat P. M. GarberV. A. Mezl Original Contributions Pages: 384 - 391
Chemiluminescence measurements of xanthine oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase activity in four types of cardiovascular cell I. A. BaileyC. P. BlackwellB. Woodward Original Contributions Pages: 392 - 400
Ultrastructure of electrophysiologically identified human sinoatrial nodes J. E. LoweT. HartwichJ. Schaper Original Contributions Pages: 401 - 409
Effect of sarcomere length and filament lattice spacing on force development in skinned cardiac and skeletal muscle preparations from the rabbit E. L. de BeerR. L. F. GrundemanP. Schiereck Original Contributions Pages: 410 - 423
Contribution of each ventricular wall to ventricular interdependence W. P. SantamoreM. ConstantinescuL. Papa Original Contributions Pages: 424 - 430
Acetate-induced changes in cardiac energy metabolism and hemodynamics in the rat K. T. KiviluomaM. KarhunenI. E. Hassinen Original Contributions Pages: 431 - 444
2-mercaptopropionylglycine improves aortic flow after reoxygenation in working rat hearts G. ZimmerJ. Evers Original Contributions Pages: 445 - 451
The coordination of heart beat and respiration during ergometric stress in patients with functional cardiovascular diseases M. WeckenmannG. AdamA. Schulenberg Original Contributions Pages: 452 - 458
Positive inotropic and chronotopic effects of the calcium ionophore A23187 (calimycin) on guinea-pig atria H. M. HimmelM. Siess Erratum Pages: 459 - 459