ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Important message:
New instructions for POSTER PRESENTATION:
E-Poster presentations

As per e-mail communications sent to all correspondiong authors, please be advised that No actual poster will be on display on boards, but authors will have 3 minutes at disposal for a short oral presentation, with 3 jpg slides with the following technical features:

 - format – JPG
 - resolution – 96dpi
 - width: 1024 pixels, height: 675 pixels
 - orientation: horizontal
 - recommended font size: 12pt

There will be one dedicated room equipped with a screen, projector and computer, supervised by technical staff.

We would like to remind you that a deadline for sending the e-poster presentation files expires on Monday, April, 20, 2009.

Should you have any problems with JPG files creation please send your posters as Power Point slides. They will then be converted to demanded file.

In case of any technical problems or questions, please do not hesitate to contact t.mycek@kongresy.com.pl

Abstract guidelines

Abstracts for the 58th ESCVS International Congress

Abstracts for the 58th  ESCVS annual Congress can only be submitted electronically. Authors are invited to log in  first, and then to submit their abstracts following the instructions of the electronic submission form accessible from the above link. An acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be sent to your e-mail address after the completed submission. Please consider that only completed submissions will enter the review process and all incomplete drafts will be deleted from the system.

The material must not have been published or presented at any major meeting before. Abstract submissions will be accepted from  July 15th, 2008. Original contributions on any of the topics of the congress are welcome.

All authors with accepted abstracts are strongly recommended to submit the full manuscript of their work to  the Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Journal, the ESCVS official journal.

Important deadlines

Editorial guidelines for all abstract submissions

Authors are invited to log in first, and then submit their abstracts following the instructions of the electronic submission form. An acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be sent to your e-mail address after the completed submission. If you do not receive any confirmation, your submission was probably incomplete and needs to be re-submitted.

Editorial guidelines for abstract submission:

• The abstract language is English
• The text should not exceed 400 words. The use of tables or figures is not allowed
• The abstract must consist of four paragraphs labelled OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS
• The text and the title must be free from abbreviations, except those commonly used (e.g. LVEF, CABG, VSD,   ASD etc. for the cardiac abstract and CEA, EVAR, TIA, CAS etc. for the vascular abstract). It should concisely address the problem and the purpose of the study (OBJECTIVE); how the study was performed (METHODS); the main findings with numerical data and statistical significance (RESULTS); and the principal conclusions drawn from the study (CONCLUSIONS)
• The title of the abstract must be printed in CAPITAL LETTERS; Please enter the FIRST NAME in full, followed by the LAST NAME, for each author without abbreviations (e.g. John Smith , and NOT J. Smith). There should be no more than 8 authors.
• Since the abstracts will be judged anonymously, the text must not reveal the institutional affiliation.
• Mark the category which describes best the subject of your abstract .
• Please mark the category on the basis of the categories listed (Categories: Cardiac Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery). Then select the most appropriate topic related to your abstract. Finally, indicate the type of presentation: oral, poster or video presentation.

ESCVS gives the opportunity to apply for 2 Young Surgeon Awards (ESCVS Young Cardiac Surgeon Award, ESCVS Young Vascular Surgeon Award). Competition for these prizes is limited to authors < 36 years old. Each recipient will be awarded 2.500 Eur.

PLEASE NOTE: Authors competing for either Award MUST provide the General Secretariat (escvs.secretariat@gmail.co) with an electronic copy of the full manuscript of their abstract (by email as an attachment) at least 1 month prior to the beginning of the Congress. Moreover, the recipient of each award MUST submit the full manuscript for publication in the Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery journal.
Please visit the relevant website ( http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org ) for instructions about electronic submissions.

All other authors presenting their abstracts at the 58th International Congress of ESCVS are strongly encouraged to electronically submit full manuscripts for consideration in the Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery journal.

Please visit the website ( http://icvts.ctsnetjournals.org ) for specific instructions.

Instructions for oral presentation

Only Power Point  presentations will be allowed. Be sure to bring your presentation on a CD Rom; floppy disks are discouraged; the use of personal lap-tops is not allowed.

The time allocated for oral presentations will be 7 minutes + 3 minutes of discussion.

Material for presentation will be uploaded in the Preview Room at least 2 hours before the presentation. We encourage you to check your presentation in the Preview Room well in advance.

Instructions for poster presentation

Posters must be brought in person by the author and should not be mailed in advance. The required size is 95 cm (width) x 180 cm (height). Illustrations must be produced heavily and clearly, so that all posters can be readable from a distance of 1.5 metres. At the top of the poster, in bold lettering of about 2.5 to 3 cm size, please provide the title of the paper, name(s) of the author (s), and affiliation.

Instructions for video presentation

The maximum duration of the video must be 10 minutes. The video presentation must consist of a written abstract, to be submitted through the abstract submission system selecting the correspondent category (video), plus a copy of the video on a CD/DVD, that should be sent along with a short written summary  to the ESCVS Scientific Secretariat:

Prof. Claudio Muneretto
Cardiochirurgia U.D.A.
Spedali Civili di Brescia
Satellite est, II piano
P.le Spedali Civili,
25123 Brescia

For any problems regarding the abstract submission or further information please contact:

MEET AND WORK srl
ESCVS ORGANISING SECRETARIAT

Tel: +39 049 860 1818
Fax. +39 049 860 2389
E-mail: meet@meetandwork.com