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The bulk of what is presented in Cardiology Review each month is articles from the peer-reviewed literature, selected by the editor in chief, that have been reworked by the original authors into a condensed, reader-friendly style. These are accompanied by a solicited expert commentary, and usually feature an illustrative case report as well. Other regular features include a news section, which reports on important results from key clinical meetings, and a feature report from the Association of Black Cardiologists. Other occasional features include sections on Drugs in Trial, Overview articles and commentaries, and primers on clinical research. Letters to the editor are also encouraged. Descriptions and specifications for these types of articles follow.
Research articles and commentaries are categorized in any of 8 major groupings—hypertension, diabetes, lipid disorders, heart failure, arrhythmias and conduction disturbances, coronary artery disease and angina, imaging, and stroke. Less frequently, articles in the areas of valvular heart disease, pericardial and endocardial disease, congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular diagnosis have appeared.
Research articles
Research articles are developed from articles previously published in the peer-reviewed literature. For this publication, emphasis should be placed on results and discussion, with the methods described as briefly as possible. Because articles are derived from previously published works, care must be taken to rewrite the text and prevent copyright infringement issues.
If figures and tables are drawn from the earlier work, permission from that publisher will need to be granted. Authors are required to obtain written permission from the appropriate author/copyright holder to reproduce previously published or copyrighted material. Copies of permission statements should be included with manuscript submissions.
Research articles should be no longer than 1500 words and contain no more than 3 figures and/or tables and no more than 16 references.
Case Studies
Although these can appear on their own (similar to Case Reports in other journals), these are customarily included to illustrate key points discussed in research articles. Case studies should be between 250 and 400 words, and the use of illustrative materials (ie, EKG tracings, CT scans, MRI images, etc) is encouraged.
Commentaries
Commentaries are solicited by the Editor in Chief. These discuss the research articles, detailing their strengths and weaknesses and past research that supports or contradicts the study. Commentaries should also discuss any pertinent “take-home” clinical messages.
Commentaries should be between 400 and 850 words, with no more than 10 references.
Images in Cardiology
We seek images (including EKGs, chest x-rays, MRIs, CTs, echocardiography, and others) that illustrate common cardiac conditions in a case report format including history and physical, diagnostic data, differential diagnosis, management and outcome.
Because our readership is predominantly internal medicine and family practice physicians, images and case discussions should have broad appeal and a primary care focus. We do also reach a fair number of cardiologists, but again the cases should represent things more commonly seen rather than highly unusual conditions. (An occasional medical curiosity is fine.)
Because so much of today’s medical imagery involves movement and is better presented on screen (ie, echocardiography), it is likely that more “static” images such as EKGs and chest x-rays would be more suitable for the print journal. But single images from a moving series are welcome if they help illustrate the case. The journal can print color images.
Images should be accompanied by a discussion of the patient's case and all patient identifiers should be removed. These should be no longer than 600 words and should be organized in the following categories—Presentation and Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Patient Management and Outcome.
All materials and any questions should be directed to Christina Loguidice ( cloguidice@cardiology-review.com). Images should be saved as commonly used graphic files (ie, JPEG, TIF, BMP, etc); documents should be submitted as Microsoft Word files or saved as Text files if using another word processing format. Please include a cover letter providing author contact information and some information on why the image is significant. Images used in other publications may present copyright issues to Cardiology Review. It is the contributor's responsibility to obtain reprint/adaptation permission from the original journal/copyright holder; that information should be included at the time of submission.
Overviews
Overviews are unrelated to particular articles appearing in the journal; rather, these discuss current issues and controversies in clinical medicine, respond to policies and policy changes, or advocate positions.
Overview articles should be between 1500 and 2000 words, with no more than 16 references.
Drugs in Trial
This feature is designed to focus on new drug innovations pertinent to practicing cardiologists. This could include discussions of the latest clinical research, reports on off-label usage, and drug class-level reviews.
Drugs in Trial features should be between 1500 and 2000 words, with approximately 16 references (can go higher for detailed review articles). |
