Contents

• Value of non-invasive ventilation modalities in hepatopulmonary syndrome after orthotopic liver transplantation: A case report
  N. Cakar, F. Esen, O. Akinci, A. Yavru, S. Kaymakoglu, K. Acarli, L. Telci

• Changes of the serum antibiotic levels during open heart surgery (ceftazidim, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin)
  V. Lonský, J. Dominik, J. Mand’ák, E. Pozlerová, M. Hejzlar, V. Lonská, M. Maršíková, J. Kubíæek, M. Snítilová

• Development and reagibility of the micro-circulation in the granulation tissue after distance osteosyntheses: An experimental analysis of laser doppler flowmetry under the influence of CGRP
  K. Wolf, J. Hamar, E. Höcherl, C. Pfister

• Reoxygenation rate immediately after static short-term high intensity exercise indicates muscle oxidative capacity
  'R. Kime, T. Katsumura, T. Hamaoka, T. Osada, T. Sako, M. Murakami, S. Y. Bae, K. Toshinai, S. Haga, T. Shimomitsu

• Oxygen diffusion coefficient and oxygen permeability of metmyoglobin solutions determined in a diffusion chamber using a non-steady state method
  J. P. W. M. Lamers-Lemmers, L. J. C. Hoofd, B. Oeseburg

• Pinacidil-induced opening, like glibenclamide-induced closure of cardiac K_ATP channels, protects cardiac function against ischemia in isolated, working, erythrocyte perfused rat hearts
  R. J. Legtenberg, R. J. F. Houston, P. Smits, B. Oeseburg

• Effect of irradiation on enzymes of the capillary bed in rat ventricles
  M. Gao, H. Shirato, K. Miyasaka, T. Koyama

• A quantitative study of oxygen as a metabolic regulator
  K. Radhakrishnan, J. C. LaManna, M. E. Cabrera

• Effect of myoglobin inactivation on intracellular gradients of NADH fluorescence at critical mitochondrial oxygen supply
  E. Takahashi, H. Endoh, M. Ishikawa, M. Kishi, K. Doi

• cDNA expression array reveals hyperoxia-induced changes in patterns of gene expression in mouse lung
  F. H. Agani, I. A. Dreshaj, M. A. Haxhiu, R. J. Martin

• Expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in rat hearts subjected to transient ischemia followed by reperfusion
  T. Koyama, Z. Xie, J. Suzuki, K. Abe

• Gender difference in oxygen delivery index: Potential link to development of cardiovascular diseases
  M. V. Kameneva, M. J. Watach, H. S. Borovetz