1. Subendothelial extracellular-matrix heparan sulfate proteoglycandegrading activity of human monocyte macrophages

   • Kazuyuki Shimada
   • Toshio Ozawa

   Originals Pages: 175 - 181

2. Cardiac and coronary vasodilator profile of pimobendan, a new cardiotonic drug, revealed by use of isolated, blood-perfused dog heart preparations

   • Jun-ichi Imagawa
   • Keisuke Satoh
   • Norio Taira

   Originals Pages: 182 - 189

3. Accumulation of nonesterified fatty acids in the dog myocardium during coronary artery occlusion determined by a method using 9-anthryldiazomethane

   • Itaru Miura
   • Hiroko Hashizume
   • Yasushi Abiko

   Originals Pages: 190 - 194

4. Effect of aortocoronary bypass surgery on coronary circulation and myocardial metabolism during atrial pacing

   • Seizoh Nakata
   • Hiromasa Yokota
   • Yasunaru Kawashima

   Originals Pages: 195 - 204

5. Determining viability of fresh or cryopreserved homograft valves at implantation

   • Lorenzo Gonzalez-Lavin
   • Lynn B. McGrath
   • Debra Graf

   Originals Pages: 205 - 208

6. Transvenous mitral commissurotomy examined with transesophageal echocardiography

   • Kazumasa Orihashi
   • Yuichiro Matsuura
   • Kanji Inoue

   Originals Pages: 209 - 213

7. A case of variant angina exacerbated by administration of rifampicin

   • Kazufumi Tsuchihashi
   • Kenichi Fukami
   • Katsuhiko Hiramori

   Case Reports Pages: 214 - 217

8. Cor pulmonale due to embolization of metastatic chondrosarcoma

   • Kohei Hayashida
   • Tsunehiko Nishimura
   • Takahiro Kozuka

   Case Reports Pages: 218 - 222

9. Prosthetic valve visualization by cine-computed tomography: A case report

   • Joseph D. Wachspress
   • William J. Untereker
   • Barbara T. Kraushaar

   Graphic Reports Pages: 223 - 226

10. Errata

    Erratum Pages: 227 - 227

11. Acknowledgement to reviewers

    Acknowledgments Pages: 229 - 229