1. Advances in cardiovascular toxicology / Y. James Kang -- 2. Pathobiology of myocardial ischemic injury : implications for pharmacology and toxicology / L. Maximilian Buja -- 3. Nonclinical safety assessment of the cardiovascular toxicity of drugs and combination medical devices / Shayne C. Gad -- 4. Novel approaches in the evaluation of cardiovascular toxicity / Enrique Chacon. [et al.] -- 5. Nonhuman primate models for cardiovascular research / You-Tang Shen, Franco Rossi, and Stephen F. Vatner -- 6. Cardiovascular toxicity of antimicrobials / Daniel P. Healy -- 7. Cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines and other antineoplastic agents / Jane Pruemer -- 8. Pathogenesis of catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy / Naranjan S. Dhalla, Melissa R. Dent, and Amarjit S. Arneja -- 9. Adverse cardiovascular effects of centrally acting psychiatric medications / William F. Pettit, Don Mishra, and Mitchell S. Finkel -- 10. Adverse effects of drugs on electrophysiological properties of the heart / Cynthia A. Carnes, Gary Gintant, and Robert Hamlin -- 11. Cardiovascular effects of steroidal agents / Russell B. Melchert, Scott M. Belcher, and Richard H. Kennedy -- 12. Cardiotoxicity of industrial chemicals and environmental pollution / Nachman Brautbar, John A. Williams II, and Michael P. Wu -- 13. Passive smoking causes heart disease / Stanton A. Glantz -- 14. Vascular toxicology : a cellular and molecular perspective / Kenneth S. Ramos and E. Spencer Williams -- 15. Pathobiology of the vascular response to percutaneous coronary intervention and drug-eluting stents / Brigitta C. Brott, Zadok Rubin, and Peter G. Anderson -- 16. The arterial media as a target of structural and functional injury by chemicals / Paul J. Boor and Daniel J. Conklin.