1. Calcium-sensitivity of the SR calcium release channel in failing and nonfailing human myocardium

   • U. Schotten
   • C. Schumacher
   • P. Hanrath

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 145 - 151

2. The intracellular Ca²⁺-homeostasis influences the frequency-dependent force-generation in man

   • K. Brixius
   • M. Pietsch
   • R.H.G. Schwinger

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 152 - 158

3. The force-frequency relationship is dependent on Ca²⁺-influx via L-type- and SR-Ca²⁺-channels in human heart

   • H. Reuter
   • C. Zobel
   • R.H.G. Schwinger

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 159 - 170

4. Early redistribution of plasma membrane phosphatidylserine during apoptosis of adult rat ventricular myocytes in vitro

   • C. Rücker-Martin
   • M. Hénaff
   • J.-J. Mercadier

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 171 - 179

5. Failure of N-2-mercaptopropionyl glycine to reduce myocardial infarction after 3 days of reperfusion in rabbits

   • T. Miki
   • M.V. Cohen
   • J.M. Downey

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 180 - 187

6. Myocardial protection by insulin is dependent on phospatidylinositol 3-kinase but not protein kinase C or K_ATP channels in the isolated rabbit heart

   • C.P. Baines
   • L. Wang
   • J.M. Downey

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 188 - 198

7. Evidence that cytosolic and ecto 5'-nucleotidases contribute equally to increased interstitial adenosine concentration during porcine myocardial ischemia

   • R.D. Lasley
   • J.O. Hegge
   • R.M. Mentzer

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 199 - 207

8. Attenuation of myocardial stunning by the AT₁ receptor antagonist candesartan

   • H. Dörge
   • M. Behrends
   • G. Heusch

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 208 - 214

9. The blood perfused isolated heart: characterization of the model

   • E. Pasini
   • R. Solfrini
   • R. Ferrari

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 215 - 222