1. Aortic elastic properties and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

   • Hulya Akhan Kasikcioglu
   • Levent Karasulu
   • Caglar Cuhadaroglu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 239 - 244

2. Inverse correlation between soluble CD40 ligand and soluble CD40 is absent in patients with unstable angina

   • Michitaka Tsuzuki
   • Itsuro Morishima
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 245 - 250

3. Readmission and mortality in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with fast-track recovery protocol

   • M. Adnan Celkan
   • Hasim Ustunsoy
   • Hasan Kocoglu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 251 - 255

4. Systolic time intervals revisited: correlations with N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in a community population

   • Hao-Min Cheng
   • Shao-Yuan Chuang
   • Chen-Huan Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 256 - 263

5. Evaluation of the cavotricuspid isthmus and right atrium by multidetector-row computed tomography in patients with common atrial flutter

   • Sei Komatsu
   • Yuji Okuyama
   • Kazuhisa Kodama

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 264 - 270

6. Coronary pressure measurement to determine treatment strategy for equivocal left main coronary artery lesions

   • Shunji Suemaru
   • Kohichiro Iwasaki
   • Yasushi Shiratori

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 271 - 277

7. Taurine prevents myocardial ischemia/reperfusion-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in prolonged hypothermic rat heart preservation

   • Wnimunk Oriyanhan
   • Kazuhiro Yamazaki
   • Masashi Komeda

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 278 - 285

8. Clinical characteristics and diagnosis of double-orifice left atrioventricular valve associated with other congenital heart disease

   • Shie Ito-Akabori
   • Masao Nakagawa
   • Nobuo Kitamura

   CASE REPORT Pages: 286 - 289

9. Plasma homocysteine and lipoprotein (a) levels in Turkish patients with metabolic syndrome

   • Aytekin Guven
   • Fatma Inanc
   • Hasan Ekerbicer

   CASE REPORT Pages: 290 - 295

10. Cardiac hemangioma complicated with cerebral and coronary embolization

    • Hikmet Koçak
    • Ahmet Özyazıcıoğlu
    • Serdar Sevimli

    CASE REPORT Pages: 296 - 297

11. Diagnosis of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery using multislice computed tomography: evaluation of possible causes of myocardial ischemia

    • Yuichi Sato
    • Fumio Inoue
    • Satoshi Saito

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 298 - 300