INFORMATION

Aims

The aim of Heart Views is to provide clinical information and understanding of the scientific, foundations of cardiovascular medicine to physicians. It summarizes topics published in international journals covering all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. The material is presented informally, and briefly in an easy to read format. Topics focus on basic principles of cardiovascular medicine as applied to clinical problem solving. The scope of cardiovascular medicine is vast, thus each issue will focus on a few areas. The sections on art ad history of medicine and fillers provides fresh perspective on the practice of modern medicine as well as insights on how medical theory and practice evolved through time.

INVITATION TO AUTHORS

Authorship in Heart views is open to all clinicians and research scientists with ah interest in the prevention, diagnosis, of treatment of cardiovascular disease. The journal invites the submission of subject reviews, original investigative reports, case reports, guest editorials, letters to the editor, interesting cardiovascular images, and articles on the history of medicine. All manuscripts are peer reviewed. Medical wisdom/humor/ proverbs are welcome.
 

Author information

Manuscripts should comply with “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals”, published by the International Committee Of Medical Journal Editors in Vancouver, British Columbia (1979), as described in the Annals of Internal Medicine, 1982-96:766-771.

Length of contributions

  Brief Reviews: up to 4000 words excluding headings, tables, figures and references.

  Short Reports: up to 1000 words.

  Summaries: 100 to 600 words.

  Images in Medicine: illustration/s (half a page)

  History of Medicine: up to 2500 words with accompanying illustration/s preferable.

  Art and Medicine: Images and art objects dealing with the practice of medicine throughout history and from different cultures. Accompanying text 200 to 400 words.

  Fillers: items to fill up blank spaces; texts (medical wisdom/humor/proverbs) or photos with accompanying text of 30 to 200 words
 

Manuscripts must be double-spaced, three copies
 

  Title page.  
  Abstracts.  
  Covering Letter.  
  Illustrations.
  Legends.
  Electronic Manuscript.
  Submission Requirements.
  Send Manuscript to.

Title page

The title page must contain: 1) title of the article, 2) correct names of each author plus highest academic degree for each, 3) each author’s official academic and/or clinical title and affiliation, 4) name and address of the institution(s), 5) name and address, including telephone and fax numbers, of author to whom correspondence should be sent, if it differs from the first author, and 6) any disclaimers. For case reports, it is recommended that the number of authors be limited to four.
 

Abstracts

All original articles must contain an abstract of not more than 200 words. The abstract should be divided into Backgrounds, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion, and key words should be included.
 

Covering letter

letter: Include covering letter when submitting, explaining why your contribution belongs in Heart Views rather than in another journal.
 

Illustrations

Photographs (three copies) must be high-contrast, glossy, B/W or colored prints, unmounted and untrimmed, with preferred sizes between 4 x 5 inches and 5 x 7 inches (10 x 13 cm and 13 x 18 cm). All illustrations (“figures”) must be numbered as cited in the text in consecutive numeric order. Illustration number name of author, and an arrow indicating “top” should be typed on a gummed label and affixed to the back of each illustration. Written permission must accompany any photograph in which the subject can be identified or any illustration that has been previously published.
 

Legends

Captions for the illustrations must be typed, and musts not appear on the illustrations.

 

Electronic Manuscript

Heart Views prefers manuscripts on floppy discs. Manuscript text maybe sent by e-mail as attached file.
Email: heartviews@hmc.org.qa

Submission requirements

The file should be in Microsoft Word, Word Perfect or Rich Text Format. Maybe e-mailed as attached file.
Label the disk with the type of software used and version number, and the disk format. Include the manuscript title and author name on the disk level.
Provide a printout and 2 photocopies of the manuscript that exactly match the disk file.
Prepare art as camera-ready copy. Laser prints are accepted.

Acknowledgment of receipt

 Submitted material is acknowledged promptly with a reference number for future inquiries.
 

Send manuscript to

Rachel Hajar, MD, Editor, Heart Views,
Hamad Medical Corporation,
P. O. Box 3050
Doha, Qatar.
Phone: (974) 392242,
FAX: (974)866346,/4392707

Email : heartviews@hmc.orq.qa

Indexed by the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Index Medicus

The Journal is distributed without charge to interested physicians worldwide.
Send requests to :

The Editor, Heart Views
Hamad Medical Corporation
P. O. Box 3050,
Doha, Qatar
E-mail: heartviews@hmc.org.qa