Adalat: Historical Aspects from the Cardiologist's View.- The History of Nifedipine in Japan.- History of Adalat.- The Story of Nifedipine.- Nifedipine: A Pleiotropic Vascular Drug.- Adalat (R) - From the Marketing Viewpoint.- Economic Aspects of the Treatment of Cadiovascular Diseases with Emphasis on Angina Pectoris.- Fundamentals of Adalat.- Synopsis of the Most Important Biopharmaceutical Facts About Nifedipine/Adalat.- Lectures.- Hypertension.- Treatment of Hypertension and Prevention of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality.- Long-Term Studies on Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.- Impaired Left Ventricular Function During Exercise in Hypertensive Patients with Normal Coronary Arteriograms: Effects of Nifedipine.- Long-Term Reduction in Sodium Balance: Possible Additional Mechanisms Whereby Nifedipine Lowers Blood Pressure.- The Hypertensive Diabetic Patient.- The Epidemiology and Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly.- Coronary Heart Disease.- Myocardial Ischaemia: An Overview.- Variations in Ischemic Threshold During Daily Activities.- Silent Ischaemia: Pathophysiological, Prognostic and Therapeutic Indicators in Chronic Stable Angina.- Management of Silent Myocardial Ischemia with Continous - Release Nifedipine: A Possible Choice.- Nifedipine Infusion in Unstable Angina: A Single-Blind, Double-Crossover, Placebo-Controlled Holter Study.- Coronary Atherosclerosis.- Arterial Calcium Overload: A Cardinal Element in the Development of Arteriosclerosis and Vasoprotection with Calcium Antagonists.- Therapy of Atherosclerosis: When?.- Potential Biochemical Mechanisms of the Antiatherogenic Properties of Calcium Antagonists.- Calcium Antagonists for the Treatment of Atherosclerosis.- The Influence of Nifedipine on the Progression of Coronary Artery Disease in Man: The INTACT Study.- Outlook.- Adalat: Its Future.