1. Feasibility and safety of thrombectomy with TVAC aspiration catheter system for patients with acute myocardial infarction

   • Jin Yokoyama
   • Motoi Kushibiki
   • Ken Okumura

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 1 - 7

2. The effect of VVI pacing on P-wave dispersion in patients with dual-chamber pacemakers

   • Basri Amasyali
   • Sedat Köse
   • Ali Oto

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 8 - 12

3. Early diastolic mitral annular velocity and color M-mode flow propagation velocity in the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function in patients with Fabry disease

   • Tomas Palecek
   • Ales Linhart
   • Michael Aschermann

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 13 - 19

4. Mitral valve surgery simultaneous to coronary revascularization in patients with end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy

   • Massimo Bonacchi
   • Edvin Prifti
   • Marzia Leacche

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 20 - 27

5. Mitral valve annuloplasty and myocardial revascularization in the treatment of ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Francesco Nicolini
   • Giampaolo Zoffoli
   • Tiziano Gherli

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 28 - 32

6. Effect of N-acetylcysteine on oxidative stress and ventricular function in patients with myocardial infarction

   • Dilek Yesilbursa
   • Akin Serdar
   • Jale Cordan

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 33 - 37

7. Aortic elastic properties in young pregnant women

   • Rifat Eralp Ulusoy
   • Ergun Demiralp
   • Bekir Sitki Cebeci

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 38 - 41

8. Effects of N-acetylcysteine on myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury in bypass surgery

   • Gokcen Orhan
   • Nihan Yapici
   • Serap Aykut Aka

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 42 - 47

9. Effect of pressure overload and its recovery on the rat carotid artery: change of vascular reactivity and remodeling process

   • Jin-Sook Kwon
   • Sang-Jin Lee
   • Dong-Woon Kim

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 48 - 55

10. Primary cardiac osteosarcoma in a pregnant woman

    • Hikmet Koçak
    • Sami Karapolat
    • Yahya Ünlü

    CASE REPORT Pages: 56 - 58

11. Postinfarction cardiac rupture despite immediate reperfusion therapy in a patient with severe aortic valve stenosis

    • Makiko Tanaka
    • Yoichi Goto
    • Hiroshi Nonogi

    CASE REPORT Pages: 59 - 62

12. Metastasizing testicular germ-cell tumor with infiltration of the right heart: indication for primary metastasectomy

    • Matthias May
    • Yorck Finkbeiner
    • Roland Hetzer

    CASE REPORT Pages: 63 - 65

13. An example that presented giant aneurysm of the angina pectoris after percutaneous coronary intervention

    • Nobutaka Ikeda
    • Hisao Hara
    • Kaoru Sugi

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 66 - 67

14. Plasma homocysteine and lipoprotein (a) levels in Turkish patients with metabolic syndrome

    • Aytekin Guven
    • Fatma Inanc
    • Hasan Ekerbicer

    Erratum Pages: 68 - 68