179-186
INVITED REVIEW
Pre– and postconditioning during cardiac
surgery
G. Valen and J. Vaage
187-197
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Erythropoietin protects the infant heart
against ischemia–reperfusion injury by
triggering multiple signaling pathways
P. Rafiee, Y Shi, J. Su, K. A. Pritchard and J. S. Tweddell, et al.
198-207
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Role of tumor necrosis factor alpha and its
receptor I in preconditioning by hyperoxia
F. Labruto, J. Yang, J. Vaage and G. Valen
208-216
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Transplantation of human umbilical
vein endothelial cells improves left
ventricular function in a rat model of
myocardial infarction
M. W. Merx, A. Zernecke, E. A. Liehn, A. Schuh and E. Skobel, et al.
217-223
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Time course of myocardial stromal cell–derived factor 1 expression and beneficial effects of intravenously administered bone marrow stem cells in rats with experimental myocardial infarction
J. Ma, J. Ge, Sh. Zhang, A. Sun and J. Shen, et al.
224-230
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Inhibition of heme oxygenase–1 impairs
cardiac muscle sensitivity to beta–adrenergic stimulation
V. F. M. Segers, K. Lemmens, J. Hendrickx, S. U. Sys and G. W. De Keulenaer
231-239
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Changes in crossbridge mechanical properties
in diabetic rat cardiomyopathy
Th. Joseph, C. Coirault, O. Dubourg and Y. Lecarpentier
240-249
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Neuregulin receptors erbB2 and erbB4
in failing human myocardium
Depressed expression and attenuated activation
S. Rohrbach, B. Niemann, R.-E. Silber and J. Holtz
250-262
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Sorcin interacts with sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+–ATPase and modulates excitation–contraction coupling in the heart
T. Matsumoto, Y. Hisamatsu, T. Ohkusa, N. Inoue and T. Sato, et al.
263-269
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Changes in expression levels of genes involved in fatty acid metabolism: upregulation of all three members of the PPAR family (α, γ, δ) and the newly described adiponectin receptor 2, but not adiponectin receptor 1 during neonatal cardiac development of the rat
M. Steinmetz, Th. Quentin, A. Poppe, Th. Paul and Ch. Jux
270-278
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
The new selective IKs–blocking agent HMR 1556 restores sinus rhythm and prevents heart failure in pigs with persistent atrial fibrillation
A. Bauer, M. Koch,
P. Kraft,
R. Becker and
K. Kelemen, et al.
279-287
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Sudden cardiac death in dogs with remodeled hearts is associated with larger beat–to–beat variability of repolarization
M. B. Thomsen, M. Truin, J. M. van Opstal, J. D. M. Beekman and P. G. A. Volders, et al.
288-294
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION
Atrial fibrosis in heart surgery patients
Decreased collagen III/I ratio in postoperative atrial
fibrillation
J. B. Grammer, J. Böhm, A. Dufour, M. Benz and R. Lange, et al.