1. Urgent message from the Editor-in-Chief regarding duplicate submission

   • Nobuhisa Hagiwara

   Editorial 11 December 2010 Pages: 1 - 1

2. Endothelial dysfunction in young patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

   • Shyh-Ming Chen
   • Tzu-Hsien Tsai
   • Gary Bih-Fang Guo

   Original Article 15 October 2010 Pages: 2 - 9

   

3. Reduced renal function is associated with combined increases in ventricular-systolic stiffness and arterial load in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for coronary artery disease

   • Hidekatsu Fukuta
   • Nobuyuki Ohte
   • Genjiro Kimura

   Original Article 16 October 2010 Pages: 10 - 16

   

4. Percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main disease in very high risk patients: safety of drug-eluting stents

   • Martino Pepe
   • Massimo Napodano
   • Sabino Iliceto

   Original Article 21 October 2010 Pages: 17 - 24

   

5. Data feedback reduces door-to-balloon time in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

   • Jeng-Feng Lin
   • Shun-Yi Hsu
   • Yu-Lin Ko

   Original Article 27 October 2010 Pages: 25 - 30

   

6. Effect of diet-induced weight loss on endothelial dysfunction: early improvement after the first week of dieting

   • Alenka Mavri
   • Peter Poredoš
   • Pavel Poredoš

   Original Article 05 October 2010 Pages: 31 - 38

   

7. Two-dimensional strain or strain rate findings in mild to moderate diastolic dysfunction with preserved ejection fraction

   • Hyungseop Kim
   • Hong-Won Shin
   • Kwon-Bae Kim

   Original Article 27 October 2010 Pages: 39 - 45

   

8. Heart surgery in patients on chronic dialysis: is there still room for improvement in early and long-term outcome?

   • Francesco Nicolini
   • Claudio Fragnito
   • Tiziano Gherli

   Original Article 15 October 2010 Pages: 46 - 54

   

9. Oxidative stress versus antioxidant defenses in patients with acute myocardial infarction

   • Margarete Dulce Bagatini
   • Caroline Curry Martins
   • Vera Maria Morsch

   Original Article 27 October 2010 Pages: 55 - 63

   

10. Study on the relationship of cPLA2, CK-MB, and membrane phospholipid content in acute myocardial infarction

    • Li Wei-hua
    • Han Jun-yu
    • Lin Lin

    Original Article 27 October 2010 Pages: 64 - 68

    

11. Effect of mini-tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase/mini-tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase on ischemic angiogenesis in rats: proliferation and migration of endothelial cells

    • Rui Zeng
    • Yu-cheng Chen
    • Xian Li

    Original Article 21 October 2010 Pages: 69 - 80

    

12. A novel phenylpyridazinone, T-3999, reduces the progression of autoimmune myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy

    • Fadia Ali Kamal
    • Kenichi Watanabe
    • Yoshifusa Aizawa

    Original Article 05 October 2010 Pages: 81 - 90

    

13. Cell membrane stretch activates intermediate-conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels in arterial smooth muscle cells

    • Yasunobu Hayabuchi
    • Yutaka Nakaya
    • Shoji Kagami

    Original Article 10 November 2010 Pages: 91 - 100

    

14. Diverse cell morphology and intracellular calcium dynamics in pulmonary vein cardiomyocytes

    • Ming-Chih Yu
    • Chun-Feng Huang
    • Shih-Ann Chen

    Original Article 27 October 2010 Pages: 101 - 110

    

15. Surgical repair of complicated coronary arteriovenous fistula and coronary artery aneurysm in an elderly patient after 26 years of conservative therapy

    • Yuki Nakayama
    • Akira Shikawa
    • Tatsuro Uchida

    Case Report 10 November 2010 Pages: 111 - 116

    

16. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction due to possible sequelae of Kawasaki disease in young adults: a case series

    • Makoto Ariyoshi
    • Jun Shiraishi
    • Hiroaki Matsubara

    Case Report 10 November 2010 Pages: 117 - 124