Molecular Mechanisms of Sarcolemar Excitability. - 1 Ion Channels and Pumps in Cardiac Function. - 2 Molecular Mechanisms of K+ Channel Blockade: 4-Aminopyridine Interaction with a Cloned Cardiac Transient K+ (Kv1. 4) Channel. - 3 Na+ K+-ATPase and Heart Excitability. - 4 Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Ventricular Myocytes: Effects of Angiotensin II. - 5 Prospects for Genetic Manipulation of Cardiac Excitability. - 6 Integrative Models and Responses in Cardiac Ischemia. - 7 Rich Dynamics in a Simplified Excitable System. - 8 Model Studies of Cellular Excitation. - Intracellular Calcium and Muscle Function SR and Filaments. - 9 Confocal Microscopy Reveals Local SR Calcium Release in Voltage-Clamped Cardiac Cells. - 10 Signaling of Ca2+ Release and Contraction in Cardiac Myocytes. - 11 A Model of Ca2+ Release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum. - 12 Troponin C Troponin I Interactions and Molecular Signalling in Cardiac Myofilaments. - 13 The GATA-4 Transcription Factor Transactivates the Cardiac-Specific Troponin C Promoter-Enhancer in Non-Muscle Cells. - 14 Sarcomere Function and Crossbridge Cycling. - 15 Crossbridge Dynamics in Muscle Contraction. - 16 Mechanisms of the Frank-Starling Phenomena Studied in Intact Hearts. - Molecular Manifestations of Cell Adaptation. - 17 Metabolic Oscillations in Heart Cells. - 18 Altered Gene Transcription following Brief Episodes of Coronary Occlusions. - 19 Mechanoperception and Mechanotransduction in Cardiac Adaptation: Mechanical and Molecular Aspects. - 20 Molecular Manifestations of Cardiac Hypertrophy in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Effects of Antihypertensive Treatments. - 21 Regulation of Adenosine Receptors in Cultured Heart Cells. - 22 A Model Approach to the Adaptation of Cardiac Structure by Mechanical Feedback in the Environmentof the Cell. - 23 The Effect of Cytotoxic Lymphocytes on Contraction Action Potential and Calcium Handling in Cultured Myocardial Cells. - 24 Ventricular Remodeling in Heart Failure: the Role of Myocardial Collagen. - Analysis and Modeling: From Microstructure to Macro-Performance. - 25 Mechanisms of Endocardial Endothelium Modulation of Myocardial Performance. - 26 Myocardial Microcirculation as Evaluated with CT. - 27 Vascular Gene Therapy. - 28 Integration of Structure Function and Mass Transport in the Myocardium. - 29 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Functional Aspects by Tagged Magnetic Resonance Imaging. - 30 Myocardial Constitutive Laws for Continuum Mechanics Models of the Heart. - 31 Distribution of Myocardial Strains: An MRI Study. - Closure. - Toward Modeling the Human Physionome. - The Editors. - List of Contributors. Language: English