1: Cristina Basso, Deborah Henderson, Jose Luis de la Pompa, Robert G. Kelly, Jose Maria Perez-Pomares, David Sedmera, & Maurice van den Hoff: Relevance of developmental studies for clinicians Section 1: Origin, distribution and determination of cardiovascular cell progenitors 2: A.F. Moorman, Bjarke Jensen, & R.J. Oostra: An evolutionary perspective on the origin of the cardiovascular system of vertebrates 3: Carmen Lopez-Sanchez, Virginio Garcia-Lopez, Gary C. Schoenwolf, & Virginio Garcia-Martinez: From epiblast to mesoderm: elaboration of a fate map for cardiovascular progenitors 4: Christopher De Bono & Robert G. Kelly: Cardiac Fields and myocardial cell lineages 5: LeShana SaintJean & H.S. Baldwin: Origin and diversity of embryonic endothelium/endocardium 6: F. Gabriella Fulcoli and Antonio Baldini: Transcriptional regulation of early cardiovascular development Section 2: Molecular regulation of cardiac tissue differentiation and patterning 7: Mayyasa Rammah, Francesca Rochais, & Robert G. Kelly: Incorporation of myocardial progenitors to the arterial pole of the heart 8: Bram van Wijk, Phil Barnett & Maurice J B van den Hoff: The Developmental Origin of Myocardium at the Venous Pole of the Heart 9: Sigolene M. Meilhac: Cardiac growth (I): Cardiomyocyte proliferation 10: Stephane Zaffran: Cardiac growth (I): Cardiomyocyte polarisation 11: Gaetano D'Amato, Guillermo Luxan & Jose Luis de la Pompa: Defining cardiac domains from the inside: NOTCH in endocardial-myocardial interactions 12: Adrian Ruiz-Villalba, Nikolaos Frangogiannis, & Jose Maria Perez-Pomares: Origin and diversity of cardiac fibroblasts: developmental substrates of adult cardiac fibrosis Section 3: Morphogenesis of cardiovascular structures. On form and function 13: David Sedmera & Robert P. Thompson: Building the cardiovascular system: the acquisition of a functional form 14: Marina Campione, Amelia Aranega & Diego Franco: Cardiac looping and laterality 15: Lucile Miquerol: Origin and development of the cardiac conduction system 16: Rui Benedito and Arndt Friedrich Siekmann: Blood vessel differentiation and growth 17: D MacGrogan, Jose Maria Perez-Pomares, Bill Chaudhry, Jose-Luis de la Pompa and Deborah Henderson: From cushions to leaflets: Morphogenesis of cardiac atrioventricular valves 18: Deborah J. Henderson, Bill Chaudhry, and Jose Luis de la Pompa: Development of the arterial valves 19: Laura A. Dyer & Margaret L. Kirby: The role of neural crest in cardiac development 20: Robert Dettman, Juan Antonio Guadix, Elena Cano, Rita Carmona, & Ramon Munoz-Chapuli: The multiple functions of the proepicardial/epicardial cell lineage in heart development 21: Robert J. Tomanek, Adriana A. Silva Pires Gomes, Jose Maria Perez-Pomares: The development of coronary vascularization Section 4: Abnormal cardiac morphogenesis and the origin of congenital heart disease 22: Jamie Bentham: The genetics of congenital heart disease 23: Robert H. Anderson, Nigel A. Brown, Simon D. Bamforth, Bill Chaudhry, Deborah J. Henderson, and Timothy J. Mohun: Development of the Outflow Tract 24: S. Yen Ho and Matina Prapa: Arterial wall remodelling in congenital heart disease 25: Cristina Basso, Jose Maria Perez-Pomares, Gaetano Thiene, and Lucile Houyel: Coronary anomalies 26: Mary Sheppard: Myocardial non-compaction 27: Alex V. Postma, David Sedmera, Frantisek Vostarek, Vincent M. Christoffels, and Connie R. Bezzina: Developmental Aspects of Cardiac Arrhythmias Section 5: Frontiers in cardiovascular development 28: Mauro Giacca and Borja Ibanez: Advanced therapies to treat cardiovascular diseases. Controversies and perspectives 29: Bill Chaudhry, Jose Luis de la Pompa, and Nadia Mercade: The zebrafish as a model for cardiac development and regeneration 30: Daniela Salvatori, Harsha.D. Devalla and Robert Passier: Cells to repair the infarcted myocardium 31: Yolan J. Reckman and Yigal M. Pinto: The role of non-coding RNA/micro RNAs in cardiac disease 32: Jin Yang, Pei Han, Wei Li, and Ching-Pin Chang: Egigenetics and post-transcriptional regulation of cardiovascular development 33: Marcel Grunert, Andreas Perrot, and Silke Rickert-Sperling: Complex network interactions: cardiovascular system biology