1. Left ventricular performance in rats with chronic cardiac overload due to arterio-venous shunt

   • K. Noma
   • M. Brändle
   • R. Jacob

   Originals Pages: 65 - 70

2. Adenosine constricts the isolated and perfused monkey coronary artery

   • Tokio Nakane
   • Shigetoshi Chiba

   Originals Pages: 71 - 75

3. Computerized determination of lactate threshold during three modes of exercise

   • Michel de Lorgeril
   • Jean Laurier
   • Martial G. Bourassa

   Originals Pages: 76 - 80

4. Activity of platelet-activating factor (PAF) acetylhydrolase in plasma from healthy habitual cigarette smokers

   • Tada-atsu Imaizumi
   • Kei Satoh
   • Mutsu Takamatsu

   Originals Pages: 81 - 86

5. Different effects of α-human atrial natriuretic peptide and nitroglycerin on cardiac dimensions in humans

   • Tsutomu Imaizumi
   • Akira Takeshita
   • Motoomi Nakamura

   Originals Pages: 87 - 92

6. Late events following repair of aortic coarctation with resection and end-to-end anastomosis: A twenty-five-year experience

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

   Originals Pages: 93 - 97

7. Pathological findings of the aortic homograft in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot twenty years after implantation

   • Junjiro Kobayashi
   • Yasunaru Kawashima
   • Yoshihisa Tokuan

   Originals Pages: 98 - 101

8. Homograft valve durability: Host or donor influence?

   • Lorenzo Gonzalez-Lavin
   • Alan J. Spotnitz
   • Debra Graf

   Originals Pages: 102 - 106

9. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty using kissing balloon technique in the left main trunk

   • Shinsuke Nanto
   • Kazuhisa Kodama
   • Michitoshi Inoue

   Technical Notes Pages: 107 - 112

10. Abnormal venous connection between the left upper pulmonary vein and the left brachiocephalic vein, associated with rheumatic combined valvular heart disease

    • Kanji Iga
    • Kenjiro Hori

    Case Reports Pages: 113 - 116

11. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with premature closure of foramen ovale: Report of an unusual type of totally anomalous pulmonary venous return

    • Kiyoshi Suzuki
    • Syouzaburoh Doi
    • Masahiko Ando

    Case Reports Pages: 117 - 119

12. Solitary interruption of the aortic arch with stenotic origin of the left subclavian artery in 45, XO/46, XY/47, XYY mosaicism

    • Kou Ichihashi
    • Hirohiko Shiraishi
    • Masayoshi Yanagisawa

    Case Reports Pages: 120 - 122

13. Surgical treatment of renal cell carcinoma with a tumor thrombus extending into the right atrium

    • Shigeki Taniguchi
    • Soichiro Kitamura
    • Eigoro Okajima

    Case Reports Pages: 123 - 127

14. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 128 - 128