Genetics of Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Eloisa ArbustiniPatrizia MorbiniLuigi Tavazzi Pages: 156 - 160
The “Final Common Pathway” Hypothesis and Inherited Cardiovascular Disease The Role of Cytoskeletal Proteins in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Neil E. BowlesKarla R. BowlesJeffrey A. Towbin Pages: 168 - 175
The Myocardial Expression of the Adenine Nucleotide Translocator Isoforms is Specifically Altered in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Andrea DörnerHeinz-Peter Schultheiss Pages: 176 - 180
Cardiac Rhythm and Conduction Disturbances: What is the Role of Autoimmune Mechanisms? Arsen D. RisticBernhard Maisch Pages: 181 - 188
Prediction of Major Arrhythmic Events and Sudden Cardiac Death in Dilated Cardiomyopathy The Marburg Cardiomyopathy Study Design and Description of Baseline Clinical Characteristics Wolfram GrimmJürgen HoffmannBernhard Maisch Pages: 189 - 199
Definition of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy (Myocarditis): On the Way to Consensus A Status Report Bernhard MaischIrene PortigSabine Pankuweit Pages: 200 - 209
Pathology and Pathogenesis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Gaetano ThieneCristina BassoMarialuisa Valente Pages: 210 - 215
Molecular Pathology and Structural Features of Enteroviral Replication Toward Understanding the Pathogenesis of Viral Heart Disease Karin KlingelHans-Christoph SelinkaReinhard Kandolf Pages: 216 - 220
Prevalence of Viral Genome in Endomyocardial Biopsies from Patients with Inflammatory Heart Muscle Disease Sabine PankuweitIrene PortigBernhard Maisch Pages: 221 - 226
Enteroviral Cardiomyopathy: Bad News for the Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex Cornel BadorffGil-Hwan LeeKirk U. Knowlton Pages: 227 - 232
Detection of Viral and Bacterial Protein in Endomyocardial Biopsies of Patients with Inflammatory Heart Muscle Disease? Janna DavydovaSabine PankuweitBernhard Maisch Pages: 233 - 239
Enteroviral and Immune Mediated Myocarditis in SCID mice Peter L. SchwimmbeckGerhard RohnHeinz-Peter Schultheiss Pages: 240 - 244
The Outcome of Coxsackievirus B3-(CVB3-) Induced Myocarditis is Influenced by the Cellular Immune Status Carola LeipnerKatja GrünAxel Stelzner Pages: 245 - 248
Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Experimental Viral Myocarditis Brigitte GlückIngrid MerkleAxel Stelzner Pages: 255 - 260
Autoantibodies against the Beta- and Muscarinic Receptors in Cardiomyopathy Gerd WallukatEberhard NissenJohannes Müller Pages: 261 - 266
Protective Effect of Bisoprolol on Beta-1 Adrenoceptor Peptide-Induced Autoimmune Myocardial Damage in Rabbits Shinobu MatsuiMarie PerssonMichael LX FU Pages: 267 - 270
Immune Modulation by Catecholamines – a Potential Mechanism of Cytokine Release in Heart Failure? Ursula Müller-WerdanKarl Werdan Pages: 271 - 273
Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis and Its Pathomechanism Tohru IzumiHitoshi TakehanaTakayuki Inomata Pages: 274 - 278
The European Study of Epidemiology and Treatment of Cardiac Inflammatory Diseases (ESETCID) First Epidemiological Results Günther HufnagelSabine Pankuweitfor the ESETCID Investigators Pages: 279 - 285
Progress toward Vaccines against Viruses that Cause Heart Disease Katja HöflingKyung-Soo KimSteven Tracy Pages: 286 - 290