The Kitasato Medical Journal
	Vol. 42 Supplement   Mar. 2013    Kitasato Medical Society
	ISSN (Print):1349-8568?? ISSN (Online):2187-9699
CONTENTS
●Preface
	The opening of a new era in cardiology: preface to Professor Izumi's retirement symposium
	Masafumi Kitakaze	1
●Review and Comment
	Myocarditis: past, present and future
	Akira Matsumori	3
	Reply from the next generation: "myocarditis"
	Mototsugu Nishii	8
	Cardiomyopathies: retrospective and perspective
	Bernhard Maisch	10
	Cardiomyopathy as though it were a matryoshka doll
	Makoto Kodama	19
	Heart failure－lessons learned and evolving concepts
	Peter Liu	20
	Heart failure management as a social activity in the clinical front of real-world practice
	Takayuki Inomata	24
	Heart failure and myocardialdiseases: a message to the next generation
	Cardiovascular disease prevention: lessons from heart failure
	Tohru Izumi	26
	Reply from the next generation
	Cardiovascular prevention: lessons from myocardial disease and heart failure
	Minako Yamaoka-Tojo	35
●Postscript
	In recognition of the achievements of Professor Tohru Izumi
	Ryozo Nagai	37
●Curriculum Vitae
	Tohru Izumi	38
●Representative Publications
	Tohru Izumi	39
Information for Authors		52