1. Announcement from the Editors

   • Atsuyoshi Takao

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 1

2. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 2 - 2

3. Use of nitroglycerin for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction

   • Bodh I. Jugdutt

   Review Pages: 3 - 13

4. The contractile mechanism of beraprost sodium, a stable prostacyclin analog, in the isolated canine femoral vein

   • Michiro Ishikawa
   • Atsushi Namiki

   Originals Pages: 14 - 18

5. Macrophages enhance binding of beta-VLDL and cholesterol ester accumulation in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells

   • Robyn E. Rennick
   • Julie H. Campbell
   • Gordon R. Campbell

   Originals Pages: 19 - 29

6. Noninvasive evaluation of the influence of aortic wave reflection on left ventricular ejection during auxotonic contraction

   • Hiroshi Miyashita
   • Uichi Ikeda
   • Toshio Yaginuma

   Originals Pages: 30 - 39

7. Intravascular stents for management of pulmonary artery and right ventricular outflow obstruction

   • Toshio Nakanishi
   • Chisato Kondoh
   • Kazuo Momma

   Originals Pages: 40 - 48

8. Absent aortic and pulmonary valves: Investigation of three fetal cases with cystic hygroma and review of the literature

   • Shinichi Miyabara
   • Masahiko Ando
   • Hajime Sugihara

   Originals Pages: 49 - 55