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• http://www.nature.com/ncpcardio/
• Editor: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
• Volume 5: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 1743-4297
• EISSN: 1743-4300
• Impact factor : 4.743*
• Impact ranking: 8/74 in Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems*
• Date Established: November 2004
• Published on behalf of: An official publication of the World Heart Federation

Aims and Scope:

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal for cardiologists.

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine delivers timely interpretations of key developments in original research, translating the latest findings into clinical practice. Coverage includes acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, angina/coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy/heart failure, concomitant disease, congential conditions, hypertension, imaging and other investigations, infection, interventional cardiology, pathology, stroke, surgery/transplantation, thrombosis, valvular disease and vascular disease, as well as general therapies, disease markers, genetics and public health. Content is subject to rigorous peer-review.

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine is published monthly in print and online. Content includes editorial and opinion pieces, highlights from the current literature, commentaries on the application of recent research to practical patient care, comprehensive reviews, and in-depth case studies.

Readership:

Cardiologists and other physicians with interests in cardiovascular disease, including surgeons and specialists in general internal medicine, staff and students at academic and teaching hospitals, and commercial and government organizations involved in drug development and clinical trials.

Organized into sections, content includes:

• Editorials - thoughts from the Editor-in-Chief or his nominee.
• Viewpoints - opinion articles by leading specialists, discussing topical issues in the field.
• Research Highlights - brief summaries of important articles published in the original research journals, from the specialty-specific journals to journals in other areas that may include articles with surprising relevance to the Nature Clinical Practice journal's field of coverage.
• Practice Points - unique two-page articles based on original material published elsewhere. Each Practice Point is based on a single original research paper and includes a synopsis written by our editorial team along with a commentary by a leading authority, which puts the original article into clinical context and offers expert opinion on best practice.
• Reviews - timely, authoritative reviews of key developments, written by leading specialists. In addition to general reviews, these include the following:
• Therapy Insights - leading authorities from other specialties discuss conditions and therapies that have particular relevance to the Nature Clinical Practice journal's field of coverage.
• Drug Insights - review the information physicians and trainees need to know about a drug class.
• Mechanisms of Disease - discuss the etiology of disease.
• Technology Insights - focus on advances in treatment and diagnostic technologies and equipment, such as imaging techniques and technology-assisted surgery.
• Primer Articles - provide straightforward explanations of elements essential to understanding and evaluating original clinical research. Jargon-free and aimed at non-trialists, these foundation articles cover subjects such as statistical methods and good clinical practice.
• Case Studies - fully detailed descriptions of the etiology, diagnosis, and management of individual cases.
• Continuing Medical Education - the opportunity for physicians to earn Category 1 AMA PRA credits at no additional cost.

What makes Nature Clinical Practice stand apart from other clinical review journals?

• The Nature standards of editorial excellence are applied to the series as expected by readers, authors and institutional customers.
• World-renowned experts and opinion leaders are appointed as Editors-in-Chief to ensure content focuses on the key issues in the discipline.
• A distinguished international Advisory Board ensures accurate global coverage of the specialty and related subspecialties.
• Results-focused content provides physicians with the results of clinical trials and explains their application in practice, as opposed to lengthy research details.


Editor-in-Chief: Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD Mount Sinai Medical School
Dr. Fuster is Past President of the American Heart Association (AHA), President of the World Heart Federation, a former member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Advisory Council, and former Chairman of the Fellowship Training Directors Program of American College of Cardiology. Dr. Fuster is the recipient of three major ongoing NIH grants. He contributed first hand to the launching of the new Forum for Young Investigators of the AHA. Advisory Board >>

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*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)