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2003 AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR WORK PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA

AWARDS FROM THE SPANISH CARDIOLOGY SOCIETY (SCS) TO THE BEST ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA

DAmount: 12.000 €.

Basis:

1. The aim of these awards is to provide incentive for the publication of quality original articles in the Revista Española de Cardiología.

2. A first prize of 6,000 euros and 2 second prizes of 3000 euros will be awarded.

3. The prizes will be awarded annually and must be awarded.

4. All articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología during the year 2002 will be eligible. Articles published as editorials, special articles or review articles will not be eligible.

5. The chief editor and associate editors of the will pre-select the 6 best studies published in the journal in 2002, after consultation with the scientific sections of the Spanish Cardiology Society.

6. The jury that will make the final selection of the 3 prize studies will be presided over by the vice president of the Spanish Cardiology Society and will also be made up of the chief editor and the members of the SCS jury of grants and awards. Their decision cannot be appealed.

7. Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony that will be held during the Cardiovascular Diseases Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.

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AWARDS FROM THE SPANISH CARDIOLOGY SOCIETY TO THE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA WITH THE GREATEST INTERNATIONAL IMPACT

Amount: 24 000 €.

Basis:

1. The aim of these awards is to provide incentive for the publication in the Revista Española de Cardiología of original articles that have an important impact or resonance, both mid- and long-term, on the international scientific community.

2. A first prize of 6000 euros and 2 second prizes of 3000 euros will be awarded to those articles with long-term impact and another first prize of 6000 euros and 2 second prizes of 3000 will be awarded to those articles with the greatest mid-term impact.

3. Prizes will be awarded annually and must be awarded.

4. All articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología during 200 will be eligible. Articles published as editorials, special articles or review articles will not be eligible.

5. The impact of the published articles will be measured by the number of reference citations the article published in the Revista Española de Cardiología receives from journals included in the Expanded Science Citation Index database.

6. For the award for the article with the most significant long-term international impact, all the reference citations that each article published in the journal in 1997 has received during 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 will be tabulated. For the award for the article with the most significant mid-term impact, all citations that each article published in the journal in 2000 has received during 2001 and 2002 will be tabulated.

7. Tabulation of the number of reference citations for each article will be performed by an organization independent of the journal of the Spanish Cardiology Society that will issue an annual report in this regard.

8. Prizes will be awarded at a ceremony that will be held during the Cardiovascular Diseases Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003. The section will be chosen by drawing and the chief editor of the Revista Española de Cardiología.

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AWARD FROM THE PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND CONGENITAL CARDIOPATHY SECTION OF THE SPANISH CARDIOLOGY SOCIETY

Amount: 1803.04 euros.

Basis:

1. The award is for 1803.04 euros.

2. All original articles on pediatric cardiology and congenital cardiopathy published in the Revista Española de Cardiología (Volume 55/2002, Numbers 1 to 12) are eligible.

3. The evaluation panel will consist of the president and secretary of the Pediatric and Congenital Cardiopathy Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society, and by the chief editor of the Revista Española de Cardiología.

4. The prize will be awarded during a ceremony to celebrate the event during the Cardiovascular Diseases Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.

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XIV IZASA AWARD TO THE BEST PUBLISHED ARTICLES REGARDING INTERVENTIONIST CARDIOLOGY IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA

Amount: 2500 euros.

Basis:

1. The Hemodynamic and Interventionist Cardiology Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society announces the IZASA awards for articles published on interventionist cardiology in the Revista Española de Cardiología

2. The members of the Hemodynamic and Interventionist Cardiology Section who are first authors of studies performed primarily in Spain and published in the Revista Española de Cardiología are eligible.

3. The studies published during the SCS inter-congress period will be evaluated.

4. Prize awards will be as follows:

­ First prize: 1500 euros.

­ Second prize: 1000 euros.

5. The jury will be composed of 2 members of the Board of Directors of the Section, 2 members of the section chosen by drawing, and the chief editor of the Revista Española de Cardiología.

6. The award of the prizes will take place during the opening ceremony of the Cardiovascular Diseases Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.

7. The prizes will not be awarded if, in the jury´s judgment, no study is of an adequate caliber. The judges´ decision cannot be appealed.

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IV AMERSHAM HEALTH AWARD TO THE BEST PUBLICATION ON NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY IN THE REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA

The Nuclear Work Group of the Spanish Cardiology Society wishes to encourage investigation in the field of nuclear cardiology and to encourage authors to publish their results in the Revista Española de Cardiología.

Amount: 2000 euros.

Basis:

1. All original articles published in the Revista Española de Cardiología during 2002 (Volume 55/02, Numbers 1 to12) that discuss nuclear cardiology are eligible.

2. Any authors who have published their studies in said volume who do not wish to participate in the awarding of prizes must so state beforehand.

3. The prize will be awarded annually and must be awarded.

4. The chief editor and associate editors of the Revista Española de Cardiología will pre-select what they consider to be the 3 best studies published in the journal during 2000 after consultation with the president of the Nuclear Cardiology Work Group.

5. The award panel will be composed of the vice president of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the chief editor and the members of the SCS jury of grants and awards panel. Their decision cannot be appealed.

6. The award will be made during the opening ceremony of the Cardiovascular Diseases Congress (XXXIX National Congress of the SCS), which will take place in Seville from the 15th to the 18th of October, 2003.

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2003 CALENDAR OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

March 6-8, Alicante (Spain). Annual Meeting of the Arterial Hypertension Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Congrega, SL. Rosalía de Castro, 13, 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña (Spain). Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

March 7, Girona (Spain). 25 Años Regicor. Suport Serveis. Srta. Francina Riba Segura. Calvet, 30. 08021 Barcelona (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

March 7-8, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). V Course of Cardiovascular Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation. Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

March 9-15, Candanchú-Huesca (Spain). XVI Aragonese Cardiology Symposium. Rosalía de Castro, 5. 50015 Zaragoza (Spain). Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone].

March 14-15, Pamplona (Spain). XXIV National Meeting of the Echocardiography and Other Imaging Techniques Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Congrega, S.L. Rosalía de Castro, 13, 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña (Spain). Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone]. Web: www.congrega.es E-mail: [e-mail]

March 30­April 2, Chicago-Illinois (USA). 52nd Annual Scientific Session. American College of Cardiology. 9111 Old Georgetown Rd. 28814 Bethesda, MD 20814-1699 Maryland. USA. Tel.: [phone]; Fax: [phone].

April 10-12, Estoril (Portugal). Spring Meeting (Esc-Wg on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology). Portuguese Cardiology Society. Campo Grande, 28 13.º. 01700 Lisbon (Portugal). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web: www.spc.pt E-mail: [e-mail]

April 11, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). Cardiac Stimulation in the Clinical Cardiologist´s Service. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web: www.secardiologia.es E-mail: [e-mail]

April 24-25, Madrid (Spain). Cardioactive 2003. Castilian Society of Cardiology. Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 67. 28009 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone] Web: www.castellanacardio.es

April 24-26, Mannheim (Germany). 69 Annual Meeting of the German Cardiac Society. Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Kardiologie-Herz-und Kreislaufforschung. Goethestr. 38a. 40237 Düsseldorf. Germany. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web: www.dgkardio.de E-mail: [e-mail]

April 29, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). III Refresher Course on Intracoronary Diagnostic Techniques. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

May 2-4, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). XVI Meeting of the Canary Islands Cardiology Society. Canary Islands Cardiology Society. Dr. Antonio Castro (President). Colegio Oficial de Médicos. Horacio Nelson, 17. 38006 Santa Cruz de Tenerife(Spain). Tel.: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

May 7-9, Pamplona (Spain). XXIV Congress of the Spanish Cardiology Nursing Association. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro, 13-1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña. Spain Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

May 9, Madrid-Casa del Corazón (Spain). Adult Congenital Cardiopathy. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web: www.secardiologia.es E-mail: [e-mail]

May 9-11, Lisbon (Portugal). Meeting of the Heart and Diabetes Work Group of the Spanish Cardiology Society. Spanish Cardiology Society. Ntra. Sra. de Guadalupe, 5 y 7. 28028 Madrid (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

May 15-18, Puebla (México). First Interamerican Heart Failure Congress. Interamerican Heart Failure Society. Tepic N.º 113-710 /Col. Roma. 06700 México D.F. Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. Web: www.intsochf.org  E-mail: [e-mail]

May 16-18, A Toxa-A Coruña (Spain). XVI Annual Conference of the Spanish Cardiac Transplant Groups. Congrega. Rosalía de Castro, 13 1.º izqda. 15004 A Coruña (Spain). Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]

May 23-24, Seville (Spain). Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Cardiology Section of the Spanish Cardiology Society and National Congress of the Pediatric Cardiology Society. Acción Médica. Luis Montoto 95, 2.º A. 41018 Sevilla. (Spain) Tel.: [phone]. Fax: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]