1. To our readers

   • G. Heusch
   • R. Jacob
   • Th. Kenner

   Announcement Pages: 1 - 1

2. Inotropic actions of eicosanoids

   • K. Schrör
   • Th. Hohlfeld

   Editorial Pages: 2 - 11

3. Cytokines induce stress protein formation in cultured cardiac myocytes

   • I. Löw-Friedrich
   • D. Weisensee
   • W. Schoeppe

   Original Contributions Pages: 12 - 18

4. Enhanced membrane protein kinase C activity in myocardial ischemia

   • M. R. Prasad
   • R. M. Jones

   Original Contributions Pages: 19 - 26

5. Myocardial oxygenation and transmural lactate metabolism during experimental acute coronary stenosis in pigs

   • P. Gonschior
   • G. -M. Gonschior
   • W. Brendel

   Original Contributions Pages: 27 - 37

6. Determination of αB crystallin aggregation: A new alternative method to assess ischemic damage of the heart

   • M. Chiesi
   • F. Bennardini

   Original Contributions Pages: 38 - 46

7. The protective effect of desferal on rat myocardial mitochondria is not prolonged after withdrawal of desferal

   • H. van Jaarsveld
   • J. M. Kuyl
   • D. W. Alberts

   Original Contributions Pages: 47 - 53

8. Cardiac ultrastructural abnormalities in Syrian hamsters with spontaneous cardiomyopathy or subjected to cardiac overloads

   • J. Perennec
   • M. Willemin
   • B. Crozatier

   Original Contributions Pages: 54 - 64

9. Alterations in the myocardial capillary vasculature accompany tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy

   • F. G. Spinale
   • R. C. Grine
   • M. R. Zile

   Original Contributions Pages: 65 - 79

10. Levels of autoantibodies against beta-adrenergic receptors and mitochondrial antigens in sera of cardiomyopathic patients estimated by ELISA method

    • T. Rada
    • Ľ. Okruhlicová
    • Š. Rydzi

    Original Contributions Pages: 80 - 86

11. Stereoselective electrophysiological effects of propafenone in Langendorff perfused guinea pig hearts

    • U. Stark
    • G. Stark
    • H. A. Tritthart

    Original Contributions Pages: 87 - 97