1. Local delivery of a low molecular weight heparin following stent implantation in the pig coronary artery

   • Andreas Baumbach
   • Martin Oberhoff
   • Karl R. Karsch

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 173 - 178

2. A new rat model of small vessel stenting

   • Ciro Indolfi
   • Giovanni Esposito
   • Massimo Chiariello

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 179 - 185

3. Arrhythmogenic potential of positive inotropic agents

   • Gary L. Stump
   • Audrey A. Wallace
   • Joseph J. Lynch Jr.

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 186 - 198

4. Effects of selenium deficiency on the rat myocardial protein pattern – investigation by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

   • Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
   • Antonius Kyriakopoulos
   • Dietrich Behne

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 199 - 207

5. Early rather than delayed administration of lisinopril protects the heart after myocardial infarction in rats

   • L.A.M. Zornoff
   • B.B. Matsubara
   • J. Spadaro

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 208 - 214

6. A role of PKC in the improvement of energy metabolism in preconditioned heart

   • Ken-ichi Yabe
   • Kouichi Tanonaka
   • Satoshi Takeo

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 215 - 227

7. 5-HD abolishes ischemic preconditioning independently of monophasic action potential duration in the heart

   • Jens Munch-Ellingsen
   • Jan Eirik Løkebø
   • Kirsti Ytrehus

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 228 - 234

8. Diadenosine tetraphosphate (AP4A) mimics cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning in the rat heart: contribution of K_ATP channel and PKC

   • Ismayil Ahmet
   • Yoshiki Sawa
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 235 - 242

9. Delayed cardioprotection in a human cardiomyocyte-derived cell line: the role of adenosine, p38MAP kinase and mitochondrial K_ATP

   • Richard Carroll
   • Derek M. Yellon

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 243 - 249

10. Do K_ATP channels open as a prominent and early feature during ischaemia in the Langendorff-perfused rat heart?

    • Antony J. Workman
    • Ian MacKenzie
    • Basil J. Northover

    ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 250 - 260

11. X-ray densitometry for the measurement of regional myocardial perfusion

    • Michael Haude
    • Guido Caspari
    • Gerd Heusch

    ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 261 - 270