1. A renaissance

   • Barry L. Zaret

   Editor's Page Pages: 557 - 558

2. The valgus and the carbuncle

   • Gilbert A. Hurwitz

   The Other Side Pages: 558 - 558

3. Cost analysis of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease in women with stable chest pain

   • Leslee J. Shaw
   • Gary V. Heller
   • Economics of Noninvasive Diagnosis (END) Study Group

   Original Articles Pages: 559 - 569

4. Comparison of acute rest myocardial perfusion imaging and serum markers of myocardial injury in patients with chest pain syndromes

   • Maria D. Duca
   • Satyendra Giri
   • Gary V. Heller

   Original Articles Pages: 570 - 576

5. Automated ejection fraction determination from gated myocardial FDG-PET data

   • A. T. M. Willemsen
   • H. J. Siebelink
   • A. M. J. Paans

   Original Articles Pages: 577 - 582

6. Clinical implication of down-scatter in attenuation-corrected myocardial SPECT

   • Almquist

   Erratum Pages: 582 - 582

7. Quantification of regional myocardial wall thickening on electrocardiogram-gated SPECT imaging

   • Michael Y. H. Shen
   • Yi-Hwa Liu
   • Frans J. Th. Wackers

   Original Articles Pages: 583 - 595

8. No gender bias in referral for coronary angiography after myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with technetium-99m tetrofosmin

   • Jeanine E. Roeters van Lennep
   • Judocus J. J. Borm
   • Ernst E. van der Wall

   Original Articles Pages: 596 - 604

9. Assessment of left ventricular function by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion scintigraphy with image inversion technique: Comparison with equilibrium radionuclide angiography

   • Valerie Todino
   • Giuseppe Rubini
   • Alberto Cuocolo

   Original Articles Pages: 605 - 611

10. Complications of exercise and pharmacologic stress tests: Differences in younger and elderly patients

    • Akiyoshi Hashimoto
    • Edwin L. Palmer
    • Tsunehiro Yasuda

    Original Articles Pages: 612 - 619

11. Acipimox does not augment thallium-201 redistribution in the fasting state

    • M. G. Gunning
    • G. Clunie
    • P. J. Ell

    Original Articles Pages: 620 - 625

12. Dobutamine-stress electrocardiographically gated positron emission tomography for detection of viable but dysfunctional myocardium

    • Hiroyuki Yamagishi
    • Kaname Akioka
    • Hironobu Ochi

    Original Articles Pages: 626 - 632

13. The effect of ischemic injury on the cardiac transport of Tc-99m N-NOET in the isolated rabbit heart

    • Thomas A. Holly
    • Jeffrey A. Leppo
    • Seth T. Dahlberg

    Original Articles Pages: 633 - 640

14. Granulocyte accumulation in ischemic/reperfused myocardium: Assessment with a technetium-99m-labeled antigranulocyte monoclonal antibody in the dog

    • Hisate Takatsu
    • Carlos M. Duneker
    • Lewis C. Becker

    Original Articles Pages: 641 - 650

15. Use of left ventricular pacing in heart failure: Evaluation by gated blood pool imaging

    • Catherine Le Rest
    • Olivier Couturier
    • Jagat Narula

    Original Articles Pages: 651 - 656

16. Development of a method for measuring myocardial contractility with gated myocardial SPECT and arterial tonometry

    • Dong Soo Lee
    • Kyeong Min Kim
    • Myung Chul Lee

    Original Articles Pages: 657 - 671

17. Pharmacologic stress testing: Understanding the options

    • Michael P. White

    Technologists' Section Pages: 672 - 675

18. Can acute rest imaging shorten evaluation in chest pain centers?

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers

    Editorials Pages: 676 - 678

19. Optimal clinical strategies: Considering costs and outcomes

    • Harlan M. Krumholz

    Editorials Pages: 679 - 681

20. Reflections on the fourth international conference of nuclear cardiology in Athens, Greece

    • Markus Schwaiger

    Editorial Point of View Pages: 682 - 684

21. Delayed recovery of hibernating myocardium after surgical revascularization: Implications for discrepancy between metabolic imaging and dobutamine echocardiography for assessment of myocardial viability

    • J. J. Bax
    • D. Poldermans
    • C. A. Visser

    Nuclear Cardiology Bullet Pages: 685 - 687

22. Echocardiography and cardiovascular function: Tools for the next decade J.E. Perez and R.M. Lang

    • Flordeliza S. Villanueva

    Book Review Pages: 688 - 689

23. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Nuclear Cardiology News Update

    • Timothy M. Bateman
    • Pierluigi Pieri
    • Elias H. Botvinick

    News Pages: 690 - 691

24. Notice of upcoming meetings

    Announcement Pages: 692 - 692