Prognostic value of Doppler transmitral flow patterns and cardiac natriuretic peptides in patients with chronic congestive heart failure admitted for episodes of acute decompensation K. AkiokaKazuhide TakeuchiJunichi Yoshikawa ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 53 - 60
Pulmonary arterial compliance in children with atrial and ventricular septal defect Narayan Bahadur BasnetShoichi AwaMasayoshi Yanagisawa ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 61 - 69
Effects of a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor on circulating blood volume after cardiopulmonary bypass Y. HamadaKanji KawachiTakashi Kohtani ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 70 - 73
Effect of overexpression of very low density lipoprotein receptor on cell growth Yoko WadaYoshimi HommaY. Maruyama ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 74 - 80
Nicorandil increases adenosine 5′-monophosphate-primed interstitial adenosine via activation of ecto-5′-nucleotidase in rat hearts T. SatoToshio ObataMakoto Arita ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 81 - 85
Right heart bypass for left circumflex coronary artery bypass grafting Y. SuematsuToshiya OhtsukaShinichi Takamoto ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 86 - 89
Gallic acid induces vascular smooth muscle cell death via hydroxyl radical production Xinbin QiuGenzou TakemuraH. Fujiwara ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 90 - 99
Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart subsequent to double carcinomas of the thyroid and lung M. FukuokaMakoto HagiwaraYasunori Fujisawa CASE REPORT Pages: 100 - 102