Role of circulating vascular endothelial growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor in patients with coronary artery disease T. SoekiYoshiyuki TamuraNobuo Fukuda ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 105 - 111
Myocardial ischemia enhances the expression of acidic fibroblast growth factor in human pericardial fluid Atsushi IwakuraM. FujitaMasashi Komeda ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 112 - 116
Does repeated balloon inflation during coronary angioplasty induce ischemic tolerance? Analysis based on regional work N. IsobeShigeru OshimaMotoaki Sugawara ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 117 - 123
Optimal therapeutic range for oral anticoagulants in Japanese patients with prosthetic heart valves: a preliminary report from a single institution using conversion from thrombotest to PT-INR Y. UetsukaSaichi HosodaMasukazu Kitada ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 124 - 128
Strategies for CABG patients with carotid artery disease and perioperative neurological complications Y. SuematsuKiyoharu NakanoShinichi Takamoto ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 129 - 134
Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia induces multiorgan damage Amanda MillerVibhas MujumdarS. C. Tyagi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 135 - 143
Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a parameter to assess efficacy of continuous intravenous infusion of prostacyclin (epoprostenol) to treat severe primary pulmonary hypertension: a case report Michi WakaumiT. ShigaHiroshi Kasanuki CASE REPORT Pages: 144 - 146