1. Clonidine—Revisited, Relived or Time for Further Investigations?

   • Peter W. de Leeuw

   Editorial Pages: 5 - 6

2. Erythropoietin: From Hematopoiesis to Cardioprotection

   • Peter van der Meer
   • Erik Lipsic
   • Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

   Editorial Pages: 7 - 8

3. Glucagon Like Peptide-1 is Protective Against Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury when Given Either as a Preconditioning Mimetic or at Reperfusion in an Isolated Rat Heart Model

   • Amal K. Bose
   • Mihaela M. Mocanu
   • Derek M. Yellon

   Short Communication Pages: 9 - 11

4. Simvastatin Regulates Myocardial Cytokine Expression and Improves Ventricular Remodeling in Rats after Acute Myocardial Infarction

   • Jinying Zhang
   • Xiang Cheng
   • Ling Zhang

   Basic Pharmacology Pages: 13 - 21

5. Effect of Sildenafil on Reperfusion Function, Infarct Size, and Cyclic Nucleotide Levels in the Isolated Rat Heart Model

   • Eugene Francois du Toit
   • Ellen Rossouw
   • Amanda Lochner

   Basic Pharmacology Pages: 23 - 31

6. Erythropoietin Just Before Reperfusion Reduces Both Lethal Arrhythmias and Infarct Size via the Phosphatidylinositol-3 Kinase-Dependent Pathway in Canine Hearts

   • Akio Hirata
   • Tetsuo Minamino
   • Masafumi Kitakaze

   Basic Pharmacology Pages: 33 - 40

7. Antiplatelet and Antithrombotic Activity of Cilostazol is Potentiated by Dipyridamole in Rabbits and Dissociated from Bleeding Time Prolongation

   • Haiquan Li
   • James Cone
   • Yongge Liu

   Basic Pharmacology Pages: 41 - 48

8. Clonidine Lowers Blood Pressure by Reducing Vascular Resistance and Cardiac Output in Young, Healthy Males

   • Anna Mitchell
   • Sandra Bührmann
   • Jens Nürnberger

   Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Studies Pages: 49 - 55

9. Clinical Comparison of Ibutilide and Propafenone for Converting Atrial Flutter

   • Jian-Ling Sun
   • Ji-Hong Guo
   • Ping Zhang

   Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Studies Pages: 57 - 64

10. Urotensin II: Its Function in Health and Its Role in Disease

    • Kwok Leung Ong
    • Karen S. L. Lam
    • Bernard M. Y. Cheung

    Review Article Pages: 65 - 75

11. Rethinking the Renin-Angiotensin System and Its Role in Cardiovascular Regulation

    • Pasquale Pagliaro
    • Claudia Penna

    Review Article Pages: 77 - 87

12. Effect of a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor on Human Cardiac Mass

    • Yukitaka Shizukuda
    • Richard L. Piekarz
    • Douglas R. Rosing

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 89 - 90