Introduction to cardiac metabolism / Michael Schwarzer, Torsten Doenst -- Basics in metabolically relevant biochemistry / Miranda Nabben, Jan F.C. Glatz -- Metabolically relevant cell biology : role of intracellular organelles for cardiac metabolism / Bernd Niemann, Susanne Rohrbach -- Metabolic pathways and cycles / Christina Werner, Torsten Doenst, Michael Schwarzer -- Principles in the regulation of cardiac metabolism / Louis Hue, Christopher Beauloye, Luc Bertrand -- Cardiac metabolism during development and aging / Andrea Schrepper -- Methods to investigate cardiac metabolism / Moritz Osterholt, Michael Schwarzer, Torsten Doenst -- Models to investigate cardiac metabolism / Michael Schwarzer -- Diurnal variation in cardiac metabolism / Martin E. Young -- Nutritional and environmental influences on cardiac metabolism and performance / Marc Van Bilsen -- Influence of ischemia-reperfusion injury on cardiac metabolism / David I. Brown, Monte S. Willis, Jessica M. Berthiaume -- Metabolic remodeling in the development of heart failure / Tien Dung Nguyen -- Energetics in the hypertrophied and failing heart / Craig A. Lygate -- Cardiac metabolism : the link to clinical practice / Paul Christian Schulze, Peter J. Kennel, Torsten Doenst, Linda R. Peterson -- Historical perspectives / Terje S. Larsen