1. New Information on the Role of Beta-Blockers in Cardiac Therapy

   • Anders Himmelmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 477

2. Antithrombotic Activity of the Superoxide Dismutase Chondroitin Sulfate Complexes in a Rat Model of Arterial Injury

   • Alexander V. Maksimenko
   • Elena G. Tischenko
   • Vladimir L. Golubykh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 479 - 484

3. Effect of Low-Dose Aspirin on the Markers of Oxidative Stress

   • Tiina Ristimäe
   • Mihkel Zilmer
   • Rein Teesalu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 490

4. Pharmacological Modification of the Dispersion of Repolarization in the Heart: Importance of the M Cells

   • Beáta Baláti
   • András Varró
   • Julius Gy. Papp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 491 - 505

5. Evaluation of Atrial Refractoriness and Atrial Fibrillation Inducibility Immediately after Internal Cardioversion in Patients with Chronic Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

   • Giuseppe Boriani
   • Mauro Biffi
   • Bruno Magnani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 511

6. Amlodipine and Physiological Responses to Brisk Exercise in Healthy

   • Sinisa Stankovic
   • Vanessa Panz
   • Barry Isaac Joffe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 517

7. Cilnidipine Improves Insulin Sensitivity in the Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rat, a Model of Spontaneous NIDDM

   • Nagakatsu Harada
   • Masaharu Onaka
   • Yutaka Nakaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 523

8. Cardioprotective Efficacy of Verapamil and Mibefradil in Young UM-X7.1 Cardiomyopathic Hamsters

   • France Paquette
   • Gaëtan Jasmin
   • Louis Dumont

   OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 530

9. How Long Can an Escalation of Dose Override Tolerance to the Hypotensive Efficacy of Nitroglycerin Infusion in Coronary Care Patients

   • Goran Milicevic
   • Vladimir Goldner
   • Marcel Majsec

   OriginalPaper Pages: 531 - 536

10. Prolonged Oral L-carnitine Substitution Increases Bicycle Ergometer Performance in Patients with Severe, Ischemically Induced Cardiac Insufficiency

    • Heinz Löster
    • Konstant Miehe
    • Joachim Schauer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 537 - 546

11. Efficacy of Rilmenidine versus Captopril on Microalbuminuria: A Pilot Study in Hypertensive Type 2 Diabetics

    • Bernard Bauduceau
    • Hervé Mayaudon
    • Olivier Dupuy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 548

12. The Effect of Nebivolol on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertension

    • Guo-Shu Liu
    • Lian Yi Wang
    • Paul AJ Janssen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 551