1. Editorial

   • Berndt Lüderitz
   • Stefan G. Spitzer

   EditorialNotes 05 March 2010 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Hippocrates of Kos—the father of modern medicine

   • B. Lüderitz

   BriefCommunication 09 March 2010 Pages: 3 - 6

   

3. The history of scientific cooperation in the field of cardiac pacing

   • Konrad Steinbach

   OriginalPaper 14 March 2010 Pages: 7 - 10

   

4. Atrial fibrillation—rate or rhythm control?

   • Bernd-Dieter Gonska

   OriginalPaper 10 March 2010 Pages: 11 - 15

   

5. Pathophysiology of heart failure

   • Robert H. G. Schwinger

   OriginalPaper 16 March 2010 Pages: 16 - 20

   

6. Benefits of biomarkers in heart failure

   • Britta Goldmann
   • Thomas Meinertz

   OriginalPaper 09 March 2010 Pages: 21 - 26

   

7. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease

   • Oliver Schnell
   • Eberhard Standl

   OriginalPaper 09 March 2010 Pages: 27 - 34

8. Endothelial function and oxidative stress in diabetes: active profile of the long-acting nitrate pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN)

   • Oliver Schnell
   • D. Stalleicken
   • N. Marx

   OriginalPaper 12 March 2010 Pages: 35 - 41

   

9. New concepts in understanding antiarrhythmic effects

   • Marcos Daccarett
   • Johannes Brachmann
   • Martin Schmidt

   OriginalPaper 16 March 2010 Pages: 42 - 46

   

10. Innovations in drug treatment of atrial fibrillation

    • Nadina Stadler
    • Thorsten Lewalter

    OriginalPaper 16 March 2010 Pages: 47 - 50

    

11. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation with a novel, duty-cycled ablation system

    • Stefan G. Spitzer
    • Laszlo Karolyi

    OriginalPaper 10 March 2010 Pages: 51 - 56

    

12. The burden of atrial fibrillation

    • Britta Weidtmann
    • Thomas Demming
    • Hendrik Bonnemeier

    OriginalPaper 06 March 2010 Pages: 57 - 62

13. Characterization of patients with acute chest pain using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

    • Vinzenz Hombach
    • Nico Merkle
    • Jochen Wöhrle

    OriginalPaper 14 March 2010 Pages: 63 - 69

    

14. The SYNTAX study

    • Hans-Joachim Trappe

    OriginalPaper 06 March 2010 Pages: 70 - 74

    

15. Special gender-related aspects in cardiological manifestations

    • Andrea Podczeck-Schweighofer

    OriginalPaper 12 March 2010 Pages: 75 - 77