1. Effect of acidosis on contraction, intracellular pH, and calcium in the newborn and adult rabbit aorta

   • Toshio Nakanishi
   • Hong Gu
   • Kazuo Momma

   Originals Pages: 207 - 215

2. Change in cardiac diastolic function in neonates

   • Kou Ichihashi
   • Peter Ewert
   • Peter E. Lange

   Originals Pages: 216 - 220

3. Failure of treatment with interleukin-2 receptor-specific monoclonal antibody in acute coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis in mice

   • Chiharu Kishimoto
   • Yuji Hiraoka
   • Hiroshi Ochiai

   Originals Pages: 221 - 228

4. Effects of a cardioselective M₂ receptor antagonist, AF-DX 116, on ventricular arrhythmias in dogs

   • Hisaya Naito
   • Yasuyuki Furukawa
   • Keitaro Hashimoto

   Originals Pages: 229 - 233

5. Correction of erythrocyte shape abnormalities in familial hypercholesterolemia after LDL-apheresis: Does it influence cerebral hemodynamics?

   • Arcangelo Iannuzzi
   • Giorgio Bianciardi
   • Elisabetta Weber

   Originals Pages: 234 - 240

6. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF): A new biochemical marker for acute myocardial infarction

   • Tetsuya Sato
   • Takeo Yoshinouchi
   • Tohru Ohe

   Originals Pages: 241 - 246

7. Chylothorax in a polysplenia infant with cor triatriatum, pulmonary stenosis and sick sinus syndrome

   • Atsuko Noguchi
   • Tadahiko Ito
   • Goro Takada

   Case Reports Pages: 247 - 249

8. Dicrotic pulse observed in a patient with prolapse of the aortic valve without aortic regurgitation

   • Shinsuke Moriya
   • Kanji Iga
   • Takashi Konishi

   Case Reports Pages: 250 - 252

9. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 253 - 253