The American Heart Association has announced the forthcoming launch of a new title - Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The journal, slated for launch in September 2008, is the fifth in a series of six new titles to appear under the banner of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz will serve as editor of the new journal.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes arrives at a time when cardiologists are increasingly challenged to translate new scientific knowledge into meaningful advances in patient care and clinical outcomes. The journal will cover original research studies that span the spectrum of cardiovascular outcomes research. Also, it will present papers focusing on methodology, including new measurement tools and analytic approaches. Other features will include case reports focusing on local innovations from practitioners, commentaries on clinical practice and policy, 'primers' on statistical interpretation or methods, and 'MMWR-style' rapid data reports. Online extras will include special data supplements, as well as the opportunity for readers to submit 'E-Letters' in response to published articles.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and all of the Circulation portfolio journals will be available in both print and online formats. The journal website, http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/, will launch when the first issue is posted in September and will also present 'Publish Ahead of Print' articles and other online features. Four journals - Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Circulation: Heart Failure, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, and Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - have already been launched. The final title - Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - will premier in October.
The editors are seeking new research studies and other manuscripts for consideration for Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Information on submitting a manuscript can be found at http://circ.ahajournals.org/misc/ifora_outcomes.shtml.
