GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

SUBMISSION
Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word file by e-mail to Sophie Nisse-Durgeat (editor.dcmjournal@gmail.com).

TITLE PAGE
The title page should include a title, the full names of all the authors, the highest academic degrees of all authors (in country of origin language) as well as fellowship designations and honorary degrees, affi­ liations (names of department(s) and institution(s) at the time the work was done), 5 to 10 keywords, the corresponding author’s complete mailing address, telephone, e-mail, and acknowledgements.

TEXT
All texts should be submitted in English. Authors who do not write fluently in English are strongly advised to have their article checked by a native or fluent English speaker before submission. Abbreviations should be used sparingly. The style of headings and subheadings should be consistent throughout the text. The edito- rial office reserves the right to modify, add or delete headings, and change their level when necessary. Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine uses SI units and generic names of drugs.

DISCLOSURE/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Full statements of funding acknowledgments and disclosure of conflicts of interest must be included at the end of the article.

REFERENCES
The authors bear total responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of all references and for correct text citation.

CITATION IN TEXT
All references should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively using superscript Arabic numerals.

REFERENCE LIST
Presentation of the references should be AMA style:

Author(s). Title. Journal Name [using National Library of Medicine abbreviations]. Year;vol:inclusive pages.

Abbreviate and italicize journal names using National Library of Medicine abbreviations at http://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals

List all authors unless there are more than six. If there are more than six, list the first three then use “et al.”

Use authors’ last name followed by initials. No periods after initials. Separate names with commas.

EXAMPLE OF STYLE FOR REFERENCES
Journal articles

Hylek EM, Evans-Molina C, Shea C, Henault LE, Regan S. Major hemorrhage and tolerability of warfarin in the first year of therapy among elderly patients with atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 2007;115:2689-2696.

Connolly SJ, Camm AJ, Halperin JL, et al; PALLAS Investigators. Dronedarone in high-risk permanent atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:2268-2276.

Chapter in a book

Green J, Naylor L, George K, Dempsey J, Stickland M, Katayama K. Cardiovascular and pulmonary adaptations to endurance exercise. In: Taylor N, Groeller H, eds. Physiological Bases of Human Perfomance During Work and Exercise. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Ltd; 2008:49-70.

Web-based material

American College of Cardiolog y. CardioSmart. https://www.cardiosmart.org. Accessed May 11, 2016.

FIGURES AND TABLES
Figure and tables should be original (ie, not previously published) with print-quality resolution (ie, a 300 dpi JPEG or TIFF image). As figures and graphs may need to be reduced or enlarged, all absolute values and statis- tics should be provided. All figures and tables should be numbered and cited in the text. Legends should be provided for all figures and tables, with a short main legend (of no more than a total of 100 characters and spaces), followed by additional explanations, where necessary.

EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT AND PROCESSING

PEER REVIEW
All contributions to Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine will be reviewed by the Editors and submitted to expert consultants for peer review. All contributions should be original review articles.

EDITORIAL PROCESSING
All manuscripts are copyedited according to the guidelines of the latest online edition of the American Medical Association Manual of Style, Oxford University Press. The spelling used is American (reference dictionaries: latest editions of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, and Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary).

DUPLICATE CONTENT DETECTION SOFTWARE
All manuscripts are run through iThenticate http://www.ithenticate.com.

PROOFS
Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for approval in PDF format by e-mail. Author correc- tions should be returned within the specified time by e­mail. If this deadline is not met, the editorial office will assume that the author accepts the proofs as they stand, including changes made by the editorial office. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made by the editorial office and authorized by the author.

COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS
Requests for permission to reproduce material published in Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine should be sent directly to the editorial office (editor.dcmjournal@gmail.com).

TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT
Copyright of articles will be transferred to the publisher of Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine. The Copyright Transfer Agreement must be signed by all authors and returned to the publisher by e-mail editor.dcmjournal@gmail.com

SPECIFIC FORMATS
EXPERT OPINIONS
Main text: 1500 words. Figures and tables: none. Keywords: 5 to 10. References: no more than 5.

KEY ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
Main text: 1000 words. Figure and tables: none. Keywords: 5 to 10. References: no more than 5.

SHORT REPORTS
Main text: 1500 words. Figures and tables: none. Keywords: 5 to 10. References: no more than 5.