1. Effects of propafenone on function and metabolism in the ischemic working rat heart

   • Toshihiro Nakamura
   • Satoshi Kashimoto
   • Teruo Kumazawa

   Originals Pages: 169 - 174

2. Mechanical and energetic changes in short-term volume and pressure overload of rabbit heart

   • Helen Kiriazis
   • Colin L. Gibbs
   • I. Ross Young

   Originals Pages: 175 - 188

3. Moderation of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury by calcium channel and calmodulin receptor inhibition

   • Yataka Kimura
   • Richard M. Engelman
   • Dipak K. Das

   Originals Pages: 189 - 195

4. Investigation of the dependence of human middle cerebral artery contractile activity on the presence of an atherosclerotic patch

   • Sergey E. Akopov
   • Marina R. Grygorian
   • Boris H. Balayan

   Originals Pages: 196 - 199

5. Cardiac muscle fiber force versus length determined by a cardiac muscle crossbridge model

   • Tad W. Taylor
   • Yoichi Goto
   • Hiroyuki Suga

   Originals Pages: 200 - 205

6. A case of pediatric cardiomyopathy with severely restrictive physiology

   • Toshio Nishikawa
   • Yuukichi Tanaka
   • Takeshi Kasajima

   Case Reports Pages: 206 - 210

7. Extensive arterial calcification of unknown etiology in a 29-year-old male

   • Hideki Mori
   • Kohei Yamaguchi
   • Haruo Uzawa

   Case Reports Pages: 211 - 214

8. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 215 - 215

9. Acknowledgement to reviewers

   Acknowledgments Pages: 216 - 216