1. Perioperative and clinical-angiographic late outcome of total arterial myocardial revascularization according to different composite original graft techniques

   • Massimo Bonacchi
   • Edvin Prifti
   • Marzia Leacche

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 69 - 77

2. Correlation between plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration and lung thallium-201 uptake on exercise thallium perfusion images

   • Noriko Inoue
   • Nobukazu Takahashi
   • Satoshi Umemura

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 78 - 83

3. Influence of weight loss on myocardial performance index

   • Sennur Unal Dayi
   • Hulya Kasikcioglu
   • Nese Cam

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 84 - 88

4. High-risk heart grafts: effective preservation with Celsior solution

   • Luca Salvatore De Santo
   • Cristiano Amarelli
   • Maurizio Cotrufo

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 89 - 94

5. Angiotensin II type 2 receptor gene polymorphisms and cardioprotective role in essential hypertension

   • Min Zhang
   • Hong Ma
   • Yong-zhong Zhao

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 95 - 101

6. Single high-dose bolus tirofiban with high-loading-dose clopidogrel in primary coronary angioplasty

   • Tuba Bilsel
   • Tamer Akbulut
   • Figen Ciloglu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 102 - 107

7. Inhibitory effects of edaravone on the production of tumor necrosis factor-α in the isolated heart undergoing ischemia and reperfusion

   • Shunji Onimaru
   • Kazuo Nakamura
   • Katsushi Yamada

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 108 - 115

8. Effects of simvastatin on cardiohemodynamic responses to ischemia–reperfusion in isolated rat hearts

   • Xia Zheng
   • Shen-Jiang Hu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 116 - 123

9. Successful treatment of massive pulmonary embolism with prolonged catheter-directed thrombolysis

   • Peter Kelly
   • Niamh Carroll
   • Victor Kocka

   CASE REPORT Pages: 124 - 126

10. Combined approach to a peripheral congenital arteriovenous malformation: surgery and embolization

    • Mehmet Erdem Toker
    • Ercan Eren
    • Cevat Yakut

    CASE REPORT Pages: 127 - 130

11. Usefulness of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for detecting acute myocardial infarction in patients with no significant electrocardiogram changes

    • Bonpei Takase
    • Teruyoshi Kihara
    • Masayuki Ishihara

    CASE REPORT Pages: 131 - 134

12. Multidetector computed tomography of a saphenous vein graft aneurysm

    • Yuichi Sato
    • Makoto Ichikawa
    • Satoshi Saito

    GRAPHIC REPORT Pages: 135 - 136