1. Editorial: Sodium/hydrogen exchange and cardioprotection

   • Garrett J. Gross

   Focussed issue: Na+/H+-exchange Pages: 299 - 300

2. Regulation of myocardial Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger activity

   • Larry Fliegel

   Focussed issue: Na+/H+-exchange Pages: 301 - 305

3. Protection of the ischaemic myocardium by Na⁺/H⁺ exchange inhibitors: potential mechanisms of action

   • Metin Avkiran

   Focussed issue: Na+/H+-exchange Pages: 306 - 311

4. Sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition: pre-versus post-ischemic treatment

   • Cecilia Hurtado
   • Grant N. Pierce

   Focussed issue: Na+/H+-exchange Pages: 312 - 317

5. Do NHE inhibition and ischemic preconditioning convey cardioprotection through a common mechanism?

   • Richard J. Gumina
   • Andre Terzic
   • Garrett J. Gross

   Focussed issue: Na+/H+-exchange Pages: 318 - 324

6. Role of sodium-hydrogen exchange in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure: a novel and promising therapeutic target

   • Morris Karmazyn

   Focussed issue: Na+/H+-exchange Pages: 325 - 328

7. Delayed preconditioning of myocardium: current perspectives

   • G. F. Baxter
   • P. Ferdinandy

   Invited Review Pages: 329 - 344

8. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 enhances and interleukin-10 suppresses the production of inflammatory cytokines in adult rat cardiomyocytes

   • Jan K. Damås
   • Pål Aukrust
   • Geir Christensen

   Original Contribution Pages: 345 - 352

9. Magnolol, a potent antioxidant from Magnolia officinalis, attenuates intimal thickening and MCP-1 expression after balloon injury of the aorta in cholesterol-fed rabbits

   • Yuh-Lien Chen
   • Kuan-Fu Lin
   • Shing-Jong Lin

   Original Contribution Pages: 353 - 363

10. Expression of GRK2 is increased in the left ventricles of cardiomyopathic hamsters

    • Carol A. Harris
    • Tsu-Tshen Chuang
    • Carol A. Scorer

    Original Contribution Pages: 364 - 368

11. Load-induced changes in repolarization: evidence from experimental and clinical data

    • Lars Eckardt
    • Paulus Kirchhof
    • Wilhelm Haverkamp

    Original Contribution Pages: 369 - 380

12. Extracellular matrix gene expression correlates to left ventricular mass index after surgical induction of left ventricular hypertrophy

    • Andreas Schubert
    • Thomas Walther
    • Friedrich W. Mohr

    Original Contribution Pages: 381 - 387

13. β-Adrenergic receptors and intracellular signalling pathway in stunned and non-ischemic regions of pig myocardium

    • Antonella Boraso
    • Claudio Ceconi
    • Michel Ovize

    Original Contribution Pages: 388 - 394

14. Nitric oxide synthases in vagal neurons are crucial for the regulation of heart rate in awake dogs

    • Olaf Picker
    • Thomas W. L. Scheeren
    • Joachim O. Arndt

    Original Contribution Pages: 395 - 404

15. Recording locations in multichannel magnetocardiography and body surface potential mapping sensitive for regional exercise-induced myocardial ischemia

    • Helena Hänninen
    • Panu Takala
    • Lauri Toivonen

    Original Contribution Pages: 405 - 414

16. Differential value of adenosine myocardial contrast echocardiography and dobutamine stress echocardiography in evaluating functional significance of coronary artery stenosis in a porcine model

    • Stefan E. Hardt
    • Isabell Pekrul
    • Helmut F. Kuecherer

    Original Contribution Pages: 415 - 421