1. ACE Cardiovascular Protection: EUROPA versus HOPE

   • Christopher J. Boos
   • Matthew Dawes

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 179 - 180

2. Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Surrogate Marker in Heart Failure Trials

   • Per Hildebrandt

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 181 - 182

3. Carvedilol Differentially Regulates Cytokine Production from Activated Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

   • Shih-Ping Yang
   • Ling-Jun Ho
   • Jenn-Haung Lai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 188

4. Roles of Systemic Nitric Oxide Metabolites for Human Coronary Circulation

   • Yoji Kato
   • Yoshiyuki Kijima
   • Masatsugu Hori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 195

5. Effect of Long-Term Angiotensin II Type I Receptor Antagonism on Peripheral and Coronary Vasomotion

   • Nicolas Preumont
   • Philippe Unger
   • Guy Berkenboom

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 202

6. Improvement in Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Peripheral Blood by Ramipril Therapy in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease

   • Tao Qian Min
   • Chen Jun Zhu
   • Shang Yun Peng

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 209

7. Comparison of Cilostazol and Ticlopidine for One-Month Effectiveness and Safety after Elective Coronary Stenting

   • Masayuki Hashiguchi
   • Keiko Ohno
   • Tsuyoshi Shiga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 217

8. Methods of Assessing the Functional Status of Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Interventional Studies: Can Brain Natriuretic Peptide Measurement be Used as Surrogate for the Traditional Methods?

   • Jawdat Abdulla
   • Lars Køber
   • Christian Torp-Pedersen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 224

9. High-Dose BoluS TiRofibAn and Sirolimus Eluting STEnt versus Abiciximab and Bare Metal Stent in Acute MYocardial Infarction (STRATEGY) Study—Protocol Design and Demography of the First 100 Patients

   • Marco Valgimigli
   • Gianfranco Percoco
   • Roberto Ferrari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 230

10. Measuring Effects on Intima Media Thickness: An Evaluation of Rosuvastatin in Subclinical Atherosclerosis—The Rationale and Methodology of the METEOR Study

    • John Robert Crouse III
    • Diederick E. Grobbee
    • Joel S. Raichlen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 238

11. Combined Treatment with Tranexamic Acid and Oral Contraceptive Pill Causes Coronary Ulcerated Plaque and Acute Myocardial Infarction

    • Gianluca Iacobellis
    • Gianfranco Iacobellis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 240