1. Transthoracic echocardiography in rats Evalution of commonly used indices of left ventricular dimensions, contractile performance, and hypertrophy in a genetic model of hypertrophic heart failure (SHHF-Mcc-fa^cp-Rats) in comparison with Wistar rats during aging

   • Thorsten Reffelmann MD
   • Robert A. Kloner MD, PhD

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 12 May 2003 Pages: 275 - 284

2. Upregulation of embryonic transcription factors in right ventricular hypertrophy

   • Harald Bär MD
   • Jörg Kreuzer
   • Lothar Jahn

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 16 April 2003 Pages: 285 - 294

3. Structural remodelling of lungs in chronic heart failure

   • Martyn P. Kingsbury
   • Wenxin Huang
   • Desmond J. Sheridan

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 16 May 2003 Pages: 295 - 303

4. Role of cholesterol-enriched diet and the mevalonate pathway in cardiac nitric oxide synthesis

   • Zoltán Giricz
   • Csaba Csonka
   • Péter Ferdinandy MD, PhD

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 22 April 2003 Pages: 304 - 310

5. Negative effect of nitric oxide on shorteningfrequency relationship in cardiac myocytes is diminished after simulated ischemia-reperfusion

   • Harvey R. Weiss PhD
   • Ankur Gandhi
   • Peter M. Scholz

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 19 July 2003 Pages: 311 - 318

6. The dual effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat hearts

   • Miyuki Kobara MD
   • Tetsuya Tatsumi MD, PhD
   • Masao Nakagawa MD, PhD

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 20 June 2003 Pages: 319 - 328

7. Insulin addition after ischemia improves recovery of function equal to ischemic preconditioning in rat heart

   • Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat M. D.
   • Friedhelm Beyersdorf
   • Torsten Doenst

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 12 May 2003 Pages: 329 - 336

8. Ischemic preconditioning: Infarct size is a more reliable endpoint than functional recovery

   • A. Lochner
   • S. Genade
   • J. A. Moolman

   ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION 24 July 2003 Pages: 337 - 346