Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The role of the endothelium in the development of atherosclerosis -- The development of acute ischemic syndromes in coronary artery disease -- Invasive cardial diagnostic procedures -- Nitric oxide - an endothelium-derived local vascular nitrovasodilator system -- Organic nitrates - mechanisms of action and potential limitations -- Nitroglycerin attenuates platelet aggregation beyond the effect of acetylsalicylic acid in man -- The spectrum of extracardial, clinical indications for nitroglycerin and nitrates -- The prehospital phase of acute myocardial infarction -- Therapy of acute myocardial infarction with nitroglycerin in the intensive care unit -- Hibernating myocardium - identification, including pharmacological intervention, therapeutic implication and prognostic significance -- Remodeling -- Heart attack - what happens next? Rehabilitation after myocardial infarction -- Awarding of the 1994 Nitrolingual Prize -- Announcement "1998 Nitrolingual Prize"