1. Personal Viewpoint: New Developments in the Therapy of Diabetic Hypertensive Disease. The ABCD Study Adds to Strong Evidence Favoring the Prime Use of ACE Inhibitors

   • Lionel H. Opie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 238

2. Cardiovascular Safety of Transdermal Nicotine Patches in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease who Try to Quit Smoking

   • Dan Tzivoni
   • Andre Keren
   • Patrick Brunel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

3. Effect of Rotational Coronary Atherectomy on Peripheral Endothelin-1, Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, and Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Plasma Levels

   • Zenon S. Kyriakides
   • Manolis Markianos
   • Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

4. Effect of Probucol on Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Dedifferentiation After Vascular Injury in Rabbits: Possible Role of PDGF

   • Katsumi Miyauchi
   • Masanori Aikawa
   • Hiroshi Yamaguchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 260

5. Beyond Coagulation: Fibrinogen as a Cause of Cardiovascular Surgical Disease

   • Mark S. Sumeray
   • Hugh E. Montgomery
   • Stephen E. Humphries

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 265

6. Postcardioplegic Myocardial Recovery: Effects of Halothane, Nifedipine, HOE 694, and Quinacrine

   • Amanda Lochner
   • Sonia Genade
   • Grant Trollip

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 277

7. EDRF Does Not Mediate Coronary Vasodilation Secondary to Simulated Ischemia: A Study on K_ATP Channels and Nω-nitro-L-arginine on Coronary Perfusion Pressure in Isolated Langendorff-Perfused Guinea-Pig Hearts

   • R. Gasser
   • H. Köppel
   • W. Klein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 284

8. Effect of Verapamil on Heart Rate Variability After an Acute Myocardial Infarction

   • M. Vaage-Nilsen
   • V. Rasmusssen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 290

9. Acute and Chronic Effects of Propionyl-L-Carnitine on the Hemodynamics, Exercise Capacity, and Hormones in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

   • Inder Anand
   • Yam Chandrashekhan
   • Roberto Ferrari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 299

10. A Cost-Minimization of Heart Failure Therapy with Bisoprolol in the French Setting: An Analysis from CIBIS Trial Data

    • P. Levy
    • Ph. Lechat
    • E. Levy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 305

11. levation of Plasma Adenosine Levels May Attenuate the Severity of Chronic Heart Failure

    • Masafumi Kitakaze
    • Tetsuo Minamino
    • Masatsugu Hori

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 309

12. Benzocaine-Induced Methemoglobinemia—Two Case Reports Related to Transesophageal Echocardiography Premedication

    • Reginald T. Ho
    • Tania Nanevicz
    • Vincent M. Figueredo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 312

13. Cardiology 1997

    • Patrick J. Commerford

    BookReview Pages: 313 - 313

14. Silent Myocardial Ischemia

    • Lionel H. Opie

    BookReview Pages: 315 - 315