1. Effects of atorvastatin on inflammation and oxidative stress

   • Masaya Sugiyama
   • Masuo Ohashi
   • Yasuaki Dohi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 133 - 136

2. Surgical left cardiac sympathetic denervation for long QT syndrome: effects on QT interval and heart rate

   • Cuilan Li
   • Dayi Hu
   • Lexin Wang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 137 - 141

3. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory pathways during pre-excited atrial fibrillation: acute success rate and long-term clinical follow-up results as compared to those patients undergoing successful catheter ablation during sinus rhythm

   • Sedat Kose
   • Basri Amasyali
   • Ersoy Isik

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 142 - 146

4. Right ventricular myocardial performance index and exercise capacity in athletes

   • Erdem Kasikcioglu
   • Huseyin Oflaz
   • Abidin Kayserilioglu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 147 - 152

5. Arterial structural changes in rats immunized by AT₁-receptor peptide

   • Bin Wang
   • Yu-Hua Liao
   • Yumiao Wei

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 153 - 158

6. Penicillin allergy in cancer patients manifesting as Kounis syndrome

   • George D. Soufras
   • Panagiotis V. Ginopoulos
   • Constantinos M. Koutsojannis

   CASE REPORT Pages: 159 - 163

7. Cardiovascular involvement in Crohn’s disease in the absence of ankylosing spondylitis

   • İbrahim Özsöyler
   • Levent Yilik
   • Ali Gürbüz

   CASE REPORT Pages: 164 - 166

8. Simultaneous operation of ischemic heart disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and rectal cancer

   • Takayoshi Kato
   • Hisato Takagi
   • Hajime Hirose

   CASE REPORT Pages: 167 - 170

9. Rapid progression of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

   • Lukas E. Spieker
   • Bilgehan Karadag
   • Roberto Corti

   CASE REPORT Pages: 171 - 174

10. Direct measurement of nipradilol-derived nitric oxide in the vascular wall of canine femoral arteries

    • Seiichi Mochizuki
    • Yoko Chiba
    • Fumihiko Kajiya

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 175 - 178

11. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography improves diagnostics of inflammatory arteritis

    • Knut Kröger
    • Gerald Antoch
    • Michael Forsting

    TECHNICAL NOTE Pages: 179 - 183

12. Coronary artery fistula with an associated aneurysm detected by 16-slice multidetector row computed tomographic angiography

    • Hisao Hara
    • Masao Moroi
    • Masato Nakamura

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 184 - 185

13. Chronic contained rupture of the descending thoracic aorta due to infection by Escherichia coli

    • Hisato Takagi
    • Sho Nachi
    • Yoshio Mori

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 186 - 189