INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstract submission would be possible by electronic means only. Deadline for abstract submission is March 1^st, 2010. Please register to the Meeting first, to be able to submit an abstract for this Meeting. Please mark the appropriate box to indicate whether this abstract is submitted for participation in the Best Oral – Best Poster Presentation Award Competition. To see the Rules of Participation to the Award Competition please click here.

Abstract Format
Abstracts must be typed in English (preferably in Times New Roman 11pt).

Each abstract should be structured in four paragraphs (Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions). Use abbreviations if necessary. Explain each abbreviation the first time it appears in the abstract, except for commonly used abbreviations as EF, LVEDD etc.

The title must be in capitals and should not exceed 20 words.

In author(s)’ name(s), please put initials first. Omit titles. The name of the Presenting Author should be in bold letters. Separate multiple authors’ names with commas.
Mention Institution(s) where the presented work was done. Please include City and Country.

The Introduction should be short and concisely stating the purpose of the study.

In Material & Methods, give enough details for the reader to understand, how your presented work was done, and which techniques were used to get the stated results? Please include details of statistical methods used.

In Results, if the methods used produced numerical data, then numbers must be presented with appropriate statistical results.

Conclusions should be clearly based on the presented results.

Word limit: Total number of words in Introduction, Methods, Results and Conclusions should not exceed 250. For an abstract sample, please click here.

How to submit
Abstracts should be submitted only online. The online system will take you step by step through the abstract submission process.  
If you want to submit your abstract, please click here.

Acceptance / Rejection of a Presentation
The Scientific Committee will review and grade all submitted abstracts blinded for author(s) and institution(s). Selected abstracts will be presented as Oral, Poster or Video presentations. Authors of abstracts accepted for presentation will be notified and will receive information regarding their presentation by April 10^th, 2010.
All selected abstracts will be published in a supplement of Heart Surgery Forum.