93-101
INVITED EDITORIAL
Inflammatory mediators in atherosclerotic
vascular disease
A. Zernecke and C. Weber
102-111
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene
transfer restores endothelium–dependent
relaxations and attenuates lesion formation
in carotid arteries in apolipoprotein
E–deficient mice
Kathi Mujynya–Ludunge, Hema Viswambharan, Robert Driscoll, Xiu–Fen Ming and Ludwig K. von Segesser, et al.
112-121
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Electrophysiological effects of flecainide and
sotalol in the human atrium during persistent
atrial fibrillation
P. Kirchhof, M. Engelen, M. R. Franz, M. Ribbing and K. Wasmer, et al.
121-130
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Stress alters vascular–endothelial growth
factor expression in rat arteries:
Role of nerve growth factor
L. Manni, A. Antonelli, N. Costa and L. Aloe
131-138
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Antiproliferative effect of sildenafil on human
pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells
B. Tantini, A. Manes, E. Fiumana, C. Pignatti and C. Guarnieri, et al.
139-146
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Plasma cathepsin D isoforms and their
active metabolites increase after myocardial
infarction and contribute to plasma renin
activity
R. H. Naseem, W. Hedegard, T. D. Henry, J. Lessard and K. Sutter, et al.
147-153
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Differential effects of isoflurane and
ketamine/inactin anesthesia on cAMP and
cardiac function in FVB/N mice during basal
state and β–adrenergic stimulation
J. R. Peña and B. M. Wolska
154-160
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Trimetazidine protects isolated rat hearts
against ischemia–reperfusion injury in an
experimental timing – dependent manner
C. Pantos, A. Bescond-Jacquet, S. Tzeis, I. Paizis and I. Mourouzis, et al.
161-170
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Administration of insulin–like growth factor–1
(IGF–1) improves both structure and function
of delta–sarcoglycan deficient cardiac muscle
in the hamster
A. Serose, B. Prudhon, A. Salmon, M.-A. Doyennette and M. Y. Fiszman, et al.
171-178
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Myocardial contractile efficiency
increases in proportion to a fetal enzyme
shift in chronically infarcted rat hearts
A. Naumann, St. Neubauer, P. Kuhlencordt, K. Hu and R. Tian, et al.