1. Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging and myocardial function in thalassemia major

   • Diana Iarussi
   • G. Di Salvo
   • Mara Ferrara

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 6

2. Surgical outcome of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis

   • Y. Umeda
   • Yoshio Mori
   • Hajime Hirose

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 7 - 11

3. Endothelin-1 and functional tissue factor: a possible relationship with severity in primary pulmonary hypertension

   • María T. Collados
   • Blanca Velázquez
   • Verónica Guarner

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 12 - 17

4. Improvement of endothelial dysfunction by angiotensin II blockade accompanied by induction of vascular hepatocyte growth factor system in diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats

   • Keiko Matsumoto
   • Ryuichi Morishita
   • Toshio Ogihara

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 18 - 25

5. Adenosine infusion inhibits adenosine-induced cardiac actions but enhances acetylcholine-induced actions in isolated dog atria

   • Masato Tsuboi
   • S. Chiba

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 26 - 31

6. Histological study on the distribution of autonomic nerves in the human heart

   • H. Kawano
   • Ryozo Okada
   • Katsusuke Yano

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 32 - 39

7. Argatroban as an alternative anticoagulant for patients with heparin allergy during coronary bypass surgery

   • H. Ohno
   • Masafumi Higashidate
   • Tatsuya Yokosuka

   CASE REPORT Pages: 40 - 42

8. Löffler's endocarditis associated with unusual ECG change mimicking posterior myocardial infarction

   • Hidetomo Maruyoshi
   • Satoshi Nakatani
   • M. Yamagishi

   CASE REPORT Pages: 43 - 46

9. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, which is released from blood product transfusions, might be associated with (sub)acute thrombosis after coronary dilatation and stenting: a case report

   • M. Šabovič
   • Simona Kržišnik Zorman

   CASE REPORT Pages: 47 - 49

10. A case of cardiac sarcoidosis with advanced atrioventricular block. Failure of endomyocardial biopsy diagnosis and success in detecting

    • Hiroki Kasai
    • Jun-ichi Suzuki
    • M. Sekiguchi

    CASE REPORT Pages: 50 - 52

11. Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with aneurysmal degeneration of the apex

    • Akira Sato
    • T. Shiga
    • Hiroshi Kasanuki

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 53 - 54

12. Paradoxical regional myocardial uptake between 201Thallium and 123I-BMIPP SPECT in patients with cardiomyopathy

    • K. Ueshima
    • Yasuyo Taniguchi
    • Katsuhiko Hiramori

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 55 - 56

13. Recurrent pericardial effusion due to retained cardiac pellets: a case report and review of the literature

    • R. Akdemir
    • Huseyin Gunduz
    • Cihangir Uyan

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 57 - 59