Cardiovascular
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Submitting an Article

CVM is an internationally peer-reviewed journal. 

It publishes state-of-the-art knowledge from across the full spectrum of cardiovascular medicine. 

Submission of a paper to “Cardiovascular Medicine” is understood to imply that the data contained therein have not previously been published (except in abstract form) or are not being considered for publication elsewhere. 

Article Types and Sections

The following article types are published: 

  • Review Article
  • Original Article
  • Case Report
  • The Interesting ECG 
  • The New Compound 
  • The New Device
  • Images in Cardiovascular Medicine 
  • Commentary
  • News
  • Letter to the Editor 
  • Editorial (by invitation only)
Article types

Submitting Your Manuscript

This is how you proceed: 

  1. Check in which section your topic or article fits in terms of content. 
  2. Read our Editorial Policies and the manuscript guidelines. 
  3. Save the article template and follow the instructions contained therein. 
  4. Review and revise your article according to our instructions. We will reject manuscripts that do not meet the specifications. 
  5. Submit the complete manuscript as a Word document and any image files. 
Submit your manuscript

What Happens Afterwards?

  1. The editorial board evaluates all contributions.  
  2. All manuscripts, except for “Editorials", "News", "Commentaries" and "Letters to the Editors”, undergo a single blind peer review, conducted by two independent experts in the field. 
  3. Once your manuscript has been accepted, it is carefully proofread and, if necessary, linguistically, and stylistically revised. 
  4. We then set the article and you will be sent a proof.
  5. Release the article. We will send you the corresponding approval form. 
  6. Please be patient. It will take at least three weeks until your article is published. 

WE ARE HAPPY TO HELP.

Do You Have Questions?

Maria João Brooks

Editorial Office
+41 61 467 85 58
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FROM REVIEW ARTICLES TO INTERESTING ECG

Article Types and Author Guidelines

Articles are published under the following sections.

Length: 12’000 – 16’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed  

Review articles are primarily intended for further education of the medical profession and should be drafted in readily accessible language.  

 Article template

Length: Max. 25’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed 

These papers should be based on scientific standards as published in the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Publishers. 

Article template 

Length: 7’000 – 11’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed 

This section is intended for the publication of unusual or surprising and significant observations (individual cases, also recurrent findings if any). 

Article template

Length: Max. 4’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed 

This section is devoted to ECG findings of special interest. The ECG itself should be accompanied by a presentation of the clinical findings 

Article template

Length: 12’000 – 16’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed 

In this section newly developed active substances, recently introduced drugs or new findings on existing active substances are described and their effects, side effects and interactions discussed. 

Article template

Length: 12’000 – 16’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed 

This section is devoted to newly developed tools in interventional cardiology and rhythmology, or new findings concerning existing tools.  

Article template

Length: Max. 4’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

Peer-reviewed 

This section publishes interesting findings from clinical investigations using echocardiography, MRI, angiography, or other imaging techniques. 

In addition to the actual imaging material, the clinical background should be described, and the diagnosis and findings explained. 

Article template

Length: 7’000 – 11’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

The main purpose of the section is to inform members on questions of general interest to the profession. It consists primarily of contributions to further education, position papers, reports from working groups, recommendations, and consensus documents on clinical work. 

Article template

Length: 3’500 – 4’000 characters (including spaces), excluding illustrations and references. 

The editorial board reserves the right to select, abridge and edit letters to the editor. The shorter the letter, the greater the chance of publication.

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