1. On the inauguration of a new editorial board

   • Shigetake Sasayama

   Editorial Pages: 207 - 207

2. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ regulatory protein gene expression in human right atrium under hemodynamic overload

   • Kenji Sadamatsu
   • Yoshitoshi Urabe
   • Akira Takeshita

   Originals Pages: 208 - 215

3. Na⁺-K⁺ pump inhibition caused by chronic amiodarone in guinea pig myocardium

   • Toru Maruyama
   • Norihiro Ueda
   • Yoshiyuki Niho

   Originals Pages: 216 - 223

4. Effect of olprinone, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, on arterial wall distensibility: Differentiation between aorta and common carotid artery

   • Makoto Seki
   • Katsufumi Mizushige
   • Hirohide Matsuo

   Originals Pages: 224 - 231

5. Validity of the right ventricular Doppler index for assessment of severity of congestive heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Chikako Izumi
   • Satoshi Kibira
   • Mamoru Miura

   Originals Pages: 232 - 239

6. Correlation of anatomic and hemodynamic features with aortic valve leaflet deformity in doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect

   • Jun Kobayashi
   • Kazuyuki Koike
   • Ryozo Omoto

   Originals Pages: 240 - 245

7. Characterization of von Willebrand factor in primary pulmonary hypertension

   • María T. Collados
   • Julio Sandoval
   • Luis F. Montaño

   Originals Pages: 246 - 252

8. Vessel size-dependent expression of intermediate-sized filaments, calponin, and h-caldesmon in smooth muscle cells of human coronary arteries

   • Akihiro Nakamura
   • Shogen Isoyama
   • Kunihiko Goto

   Originals Pages: 253 - 261

9. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 262 - 262