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ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2002 AWARDS FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA

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AWARDS OF THE SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA FOR BEST ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE Revista Española de Cardiología

Endowment: 9.000 €

Conditions:

1. The purpose of this Award is to provide incentives for the publication of quality original articles in the Revista Española de Cardiología.

2. A first prize of 6000 euros and a second prize of 3000 euros will be awarded.

3. Both awards will be granted yearly. Awards cannot be declared vacant.

4. All original papers published in Revista Española de Cardiología in 2001 are eligible for the awards. Short reports, editorials, special articles, or review articles are not eligible for the awards.

5. Authors who publish original papers in the volume, but do not wish to be considered for these awards, should inform editors beforehand.

6. The Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors of Revista Española de Cardiología will preselect what they consider to be the 6 best papers published in 2001 in the journal, after consulting the presidents of the scientific sections of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología (SEC).

7. The jury responsible for the final selection of the two papers that receive awards will be presided by the Vice President of the SEC and will include the Editor-in-Chief and members of the Awards and Grants jury of the SEC. All decisions are final and not subject to appeal.

8. The awards ceremony will be held during the Congress of Cardiovascular Diseases (XXXVIII National Congress of the SEC), which will take place in Madrid, 16-19 October 2002.

AWARDS OF THE SOCIEDAD Revista Española de CardiologÍa FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE Revista Española de CardiologÍa WITH THE GREATEST INTERNATIONAL IMPACT

Endowment: 18 000 €

Conditions:

1. The purpose of these awards is to provide an incentive to publish original papers in the REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA with long or mid-term impact or influence on the international scientific community.

2. A first prize of 6000 euros and a second prize of 3000 euros will be awarded to the article with the greatest long-term impact. Another first prize of 6000 euros and second prize of 3000 euros will be awarded to the article with the greatest mid-term impact.

3. Both awards will be granted yearly. Awards cannot be declared vacant.

4. All original papers published in Revista Española de Cardiología are eligible for the awards. Short reports, editorials, special articles, or review articles are not eligible for awards.

5. The impact of articles will be measured by the number of times an article published in the Revista Española de Cardiología is cited in the bibliography of journals included in the database of Science Citation Index Expanded.

6. For the award for the article with the greatest long-term international impact, all citations in the bibliography of 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 of articles published in the 1996 journal will be counted. For the award for the article with the greatest mid-term international impact, all citations in the bibliography of 2000 and 2001 of articles published in the 1999 journal will be counted.

7. The bibliographic citations of each article will be counted by an organization independent from the journal and SEC, which will issue an annual report.

8. The awards ceremony will be held during the Congress of Cardiovascular Diseases (XXXVIII National Congress of the SEC), which will take place in Madrid, 16-19 October 2002.

PAWARD OF THE SECTION OF PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIAC MALFORMATIONS OF THE SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA

Endowment: 1.800 €

Conditions:

1. The award is endowed with a prize of 1800 euros.

2. All original papers on topics of pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease published in the Revista Española de Cardiología (vol. 54 of 2001, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12) are eligible.

3. The jury responsible for evaluation will be formed by the President and Secretary of the Section of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Malformations of the SEC, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Revista Española de Cardiología.

4. The awards ceremony will be held during the Congress of Cardiovascular Diseases (XXXVIII National Congress of the SEC), which will take place in Madrid, 16 to 19 October 2002.

XII IZASA AWARD

Endowment: 2.400 €

Conditions:

1. The Section of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology of the SEC announces the IZASA Awards for articles published on the topic of interventional cardiology in the Revista Española de Cardiología.

2. Members of the Section of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology who are first authors of articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología concerning work carried out in Spain are eligible for this award.

3. Articles published in the interim period between SEC congresses will be evaluated.

4. Prizes are endowed as follows:

a) First prize: 1500 euros.

b) Second prize: 900 euros.

5. The jury will be composed by two members of the Board of Directors of the section, two members of the section chosen by a drawing, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, and a member of IZASA, who will have a voice but not a vote.

6. The awards ceremony will be held during the Congress of Cardiovascular Diseases (XXXVIII National Congress of the SEC), which will take place in Madrid, 16-19 October 2002.

7. Awards may be declared vacant if, in the judgment of the jury, adequate levels have not been reached. All decisions by the jury are final and not subject to appeal.

III NYCOMED AMERSHAM AWARD FOR THE BEST PUBLICATION ON NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY IN THE REVISTA Revista Española de Cardiología

The Nuclear Cardiology Working Group of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología (SEC) aims to promote research in nuclear cardiology and motivate authors to publish their results in the Revista Española de Cardiología.

Endowment: 1.800 €

Conditions:

All original papers on the topic of nuclear cardiology published in the Revista Española de Cardiología in 2001 (vol. 54/2001, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12) are eligible for this award.

2. Authors who publish original papers in the volume, but do not wish to be considered for the award, should inform editors beforehand.

3. The award will be given annually and cannot be declared vacant.

4. The Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors of the journal will preselect what they consider to be the 3 best papers published in 2001 in the journal, after consulting the President of the Nuclear Cardiology Working Group.

5. The jury for the award will be presided by the Vice President of the SEC and will include the Editor-in-Chief and members of the jury of awards and grants of the SEC. All decisions are final and not subject to appeal.

6. The awards ceremony will be held during the Congress of Cardiovascular Diseases (XXXVIII National Congress of the SEC), which will take place in Madrid, 16-19 October 2002.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2002

February 22, Madrid (Casa del Corazón). New Aspects of the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe, 57. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: http://rec.sercardiologia.es. E-mail: [e-mail].

February 22-23, Baiona (Pontevedra). Meeting of the Section of Echocardiography and Other Imaging Techniques of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro 13, 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].

March 1, Madrid (Casa del Corazón). Specific Aspects of Ischemic Heart Disease in the Diabetic Patient. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe, 5-7. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.secardiologia.es. E-mail: [e-mail]

March 3-9, Candanchú (Huesca). XV Aragonese Sessions on Cardiology. Rosalía de Castro, 5, 50015 Zaragoza. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone].

March 8, Madrid (Casa del Corazón). Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes without ST Elevation. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe, 5-7, 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.secardiologia.es. E-mail: [e-mail].

March 11-13, Madrid. Echocardiography Course. Sociedad Castellana de Cardiología. Menéndez Pelayo, 67. 28009 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.castellanacardio.es

March 17-20, Atlanta.. 51st Annual Scientific Session. American College of Cardiology, 9111 Old Georgetown Rd., 28814 Bethesda, 208141699 Maryland, USA. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone].

April 4-6, Pamplona. Annual Meeting of the Section of Arterial Hypertension of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro 13 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].

April 6-13, Dominican Republic. II Cardiological Sessions of the Central American and Caribbean Countries and the Sociedad Castellana de Cardiología. Viajes Mundistar, Alberto Alcocer, 32, 28036 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]/[e-mail].

April 12, Madrid (Casa del Corazón). Advances in Infective Endocarditis. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe, 5-7. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.secardiologia.es. E-mail: formació[e-mail].

April 12-13, Valencia. Advances and Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Syncope (Working Group on Syncope of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología). Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.secardiologia.es. E-mail: secciones [e-mail].

April 15-17, La Paz (Bolivia). XX South American Congress of Cardiology/XIV Bolivian Congress of Cardiology, Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sociedad Boliviana de Cardiología, Avda. 6 de Agosto 2901-Dpto. 1/A1 San Jorge Castilla Postal 10150. La Paz (Bolivia). Tel.: [phone] 877. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]. Web: www.bago.com.bo/sbc

May 2-5, Tenerife. Joint Meeting of the Canary Islands, Extremadura, and Castille Societies of Cardiology. Sociedad Canaria de Cardiología (Dr. Antonio Castro). Colegio Oficial de Médicos Horacio Nelson, 17. 38006 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tels.: 922 645 511/922 259 813. E-mail: [e-mail].

May 5-9, Sidney. XIV World Congress of Cardiology. ICMS. 3rd Floor, 379 Kent Street. Sidney, NSW 2000. Australia. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].

May 8-10, Valencia. Annual Meeting of the Sociedad Valenciana de Cardiología. Sociedad Valenciana de Cardiología. Avda. de la Plata, 20. 46013 Valencia. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone].

May 8-11, Madrid. XXIII Congress of Nursing in Cardiology. Asociación Española de Enfermería en Cardiología. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone].

May 22-24, Bilbao. X International Symposium of Ischemic Heart Disease. Simposio Internacional de Cardiopatía Isquémica. P.O. Box 494. 08080 Barcelona. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.scisquemica2002.com. E-mail: [e-mail].

Mayo 24, Madrid (Casa del Corazón). Drugs, Medications, and the Heart. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Nuestra Sra. de Guadalupe, 5-7, 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web-site: www.secardiologia.es. E-mail: [e-mail].

May 30-31, Barcelona. XIV Congress of the Sociedad Catalana de Cardiología. Sociedad Catalana de Cardiología. Apdo. de Correos 34.039. 08080 Barcelona. Tel.: [phone].

May 30-2, Valladolid. National Meeting of the Section of Extrahospital Cardiology of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro, 13, 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].

May 31-1, Talavera de la Reina (Toledo). Meeting of the Pacemaker Section of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: secciones [e-mail].

June 6-7, Palencia. VII Congress of the Sociedad Castellano Leonesa de Cardioloía. Halcón Congresos. Serranos, 56. 37008 Salamanca. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone].

June 6-8, Marbella. Annual Meeting of the Hemodynamics and Interventionist Cardiology Section of the Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Grupo Pacífico. María Cubí, 4. 08006 Barcelona. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail].