| Regulation of Intracellular Calcium in Cardiac Muscle | p. 3 |
| Neuromodulation of Calcium Current by Extracellular ATP in Isolated Ventricular Myocytes | p. 11 |
| Intracellular Calcium and Myocardial Function during Ischemia | p. 19 |
| Intracellular Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle | p. 31 |
| Myocardial Energetics | p. 39 |
| Mechanisms of Endocardial Endothelium Modulation of Myocardial Performance | p. 51 |
| Calcium Kinetic and Mechanical Regulation of the Cardiac Muscle | p. 59 |
| Cellular Responses to Electrical Stimulation: A Study Using a Model of the Ventricular Cardiac Action Potential | p. 79 |
| Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Contractile Protein Function in Failing and Nonfailing Human Myocardium | p. 91 |
| Estimation of Myocardial Mechanical Properties with Dynamic Transverse Stiffness | p. 103 |
| Intramyocardial Mechanical States: Vessel-Interstitium-Muscle Interface | p. 113 |
| Myocardial Mechanics and Coronary Flow Dynamics | p. 125 |
| Modeling of Coronary Capillary Flow | p. 137 |
| Models for Coronary Pressure-Flow Relationships | p. 153 |
| In Vivo Myocardial Microcirculation: Evaluation with a Whole-Body X-Ray CT Method | p. 163 |
| Endocardial Coronary Microcirculation of the Beating Heart | p. 173 |
| Distribution and Control of Coronary Microvascular Resistance | p. 181 |
| Theoretical Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow and Tissue Oxygen Pressure-Control | p. 189 |
| Adenosine Coronary Vasodilation during Hypoxia Depends on Adrenergic Receptor Activation | p. 199 |
| Chaos in Cardiac Signals | p. 207 |
| Intramyocardial Fluid Transport Effects on Coronary Flow and Left Ventricular Mechanics | p. 219 |
| Metabolic Protection of Post-Ischemic Phosphorylation Potential and Ventricular Performance | p. 233 |
| Metabolic and Mechanical Control of the Microcirculation | p. 243 |
| Asymmetrical Changes in Ventricular Wall Mass by Asynchronous Electrical Activation of the Heart | p. 257 |
| Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction | p. 265 |
| Arterial Remodelling after Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty | p. 277 |
| Structural and Functional Remodeling of Poststenotic Arteries in the Rat | p. 283 |
| Myocardial Collagen and Its Functional Role | p. 291 |
| Ventricular-Arterial Interaction: Cardiac Effects of Mean versus Pulsatile Arterial Load | p. 301 |
| The Veins and Ventricular Preload | p. 313 |
| Why Smaller Animals Have Higher Heart Rates | p. 319 |
| Feedback Effects in Heart-Arterial System Interaction | p. 325 |
| The Relationship between Altered Load and Impaired Diastolic Function in Conscious Dogs with Pacing Induced Heart Failure | p. 337 |
| Interactions: The Integrated Functioning of Heart and Lungs | p. 347 |
| Carotid-Cardiac Interaction: Heart Rate Variability during the Unblocking of the Carotid Artery | p. 365 |
| Right and Left Ventricle Interaction and Remodeling in Congenital Heart Disease | p. 373 |
| Macroscopic Three-Dimensional Motion Patterns of the Left Ventricle | p. 383 |
| Cardiovascular Flow Velocity Measurements by 2D Doppler Imaging for Assessment of Vascular Function | p. 393 |
| Closing Discussion: A View into the Future | p. 401 |
| The Editors | p. 407 |
| Contributors | p. 409 |
| Index | p. 415 |
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