Hot Topics in Cardiology
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Hot Topics in... is a series of English-language medical journal
s published by FBCommunication.
is on the most recent advances where progress appears to have altered the standard of practice.
Each article provides information on specific medical topics, including recently developed drug
s, clinical trial
s, new diagnostic
approaches, epidemic
s of the disease, and treatments. Authored by experts in their fields, every issue is reviewed and edited by an internationally-recognized opinion leader. The series is published online at www.hottopicsin.com, a website that complies to the HONcode standard for trustworthy health and are printed in bulk quantities on request according to the market. Hot Topics in... journals are indexed by various specialized databases, including EMBASE
and Scopus
.
Issues are translated in other languages, and are reviewed and edited by native speakers.
has been published three times a year since 2006. The editors-in-chief of this series are Sergio Dalla Volta, Distinguished Professor of Cardiology at the Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, University of Padua
, Italy
, and Christopher P. Cannon, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital
in Boston
, MA, USA.
Past editor-in-chief (2008–2009): Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Cardiology at the Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
, UK.
ISSN: 1973-9621
eISSN: 2036-0924
ISSN: 2037-8831
eISSN: 2037-9080
has been published three times since 2007. The editor-in-chief of this series is Massimo Volpe, Professor of Cardiology, Chair and Division of Cardiology at the II Faculty of Medicine, University "La Sapienza" of Rome
, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
ISSN: 1973-963X
eISSN: 2036-0908
has been published three times a year since 2007. Until 2010, the editor-in-chief of this series was Dan L. Longo, Scientific Director of the National Institute on Aging
, National Institutes of Health
, Bethesda
and Baltimore
, MD, USA.
ISSN: 1973-9656
eISSN: 2036-0894
has been published three times a year since 2006. The editor-in-chief of this series is Marc Miravitlles, Scientific Investigador Senior, Servei de Pneumologia, Institut Clínic del Tòrax at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona
, Spain
.
ISSN: 1973-9664
eISSN: 2036-0886
and Psychiatry
has been published three times a year since 2008. The editors-in-chief of this series are Rita Moretti and Paola Torre, from the Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Neurology at the University of Trieste
, Hospital of Cattinara in Trieste
, Italy
.
ISSN: 1974-7640
eISSN: 2036-0916
and Hepatology
and of Clinical Pathology, University Hospitals in Geneva
, Switzerland
.
ISSN: 1973-9648
eISSN: 2036-0932
, Italy, specialising in medical communications and healthcare education. Amongst its activities, FBCommunication provides scientific writing and publications, educational products, multimedia services, e-learning programmes, and conference
, symposium
and round-table meeting services. The founder and Managing Director of the company is Fulvio Bruno, formerly a holder of director positions with McGraw Hill, Bertelsmann
and Current Medical Literature.
Medical journal
A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...
s published by FBCommunication.
The series
The series provides readers with scientific information and expert opinion on topics of current interest. The focus of each monographMonograph
A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...
is on the most recent advances where progress appears to have altered the standard of practice.
Each article provides information on specific medical topics, including recently developed drug
Drug
A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law, government regulations, medicine, and colloquial usage.In pharmacology, a...
s, clinical trial
Clinical trial
Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...
s, new diagnostic
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is the identification of the nature and cause of anything. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines with variations in the use of logics, analytics, and experience to determine the cause and effect relationships...
approaches, epidemic
Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
s of the disease, and treatments. Authored by experts in their fields, every issue is reviewed and edited by an internationally-recognized opinion leader. The series is published online at www.hottopicsin.com, a website that complies to the HONcode standard for trustworthy health and are printed in bulk quantities on request according to the market. Hot Topics in... journals are indexed by various specialized databases, including EMBASE
EMBASE
Embase is an online information source of published literature designed to supportinformation managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatoryrequirements of a licensed drug. Through its unique and comprehensive content coverage,...
and Scopus
Scopus
Scopus, officially named SciVerse Scopus, is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 18,000 titles from over 5,000 international publishers, including coverage of 16,500 peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical,...
.
Issues are translated in other languages, and are reviewed and edited by native speakers.
Hot Topics in Cardiology
Hot Topics in CardiologyCardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
has been published three times a year since 2006. The editors-in-chief of this series are Sergio Dalla Volta, Distinguished Professor of Cardiology at the Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, University of Padua
University of Padua
The University of Padua is a premier Italian university located in the city of Padua, Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 as a school of law and was one of the most prominent universities in early modern Europe. It is among the earliest universities of the world and the second...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, and Christopher P. Cannon, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
and Associate Physician in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, MA, USA.
Past editor-in-chief (2008–2009): Philip A. Poole-Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Cardiology at the Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
, UK.
ISSN: 1973-9621
eISSN: 2036-0924
Hot Topics in Cardiometabolic Disorders
Hot Topics in Cardiometabolic Disorders has been published three times a year since 2010. The editor-in-chief of this series is Jorge Plutzky, Director, The Vascular Disease Prevention Program, Cardiovascular Division at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA.ISSN: 2037-8831
eISSN: 2037-9080
Hot Topics in Hypertension
Hot Topics in HypertensionHypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...
has been published three times since 2007. The editor-in-chief of this series is Massimo Volpe, Professor of Cardiology, Chair and Division of Cardiology at the II Faculty of Medicine, University "La Sapienza" of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
ISSN: 1973-963X
eISSN: 2036-0908
Hot Topics in Oncology
Hot Topics in OncologyOncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
has been published three times a year since 2007. Until 2010, the editor-in-chief of this series was Dan L. Longo, Scientific Director of the National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Aging
The National Institute on Aging ' is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health , located in Baltimore, Maryland.The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life...
, National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
, Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
and Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, MD, USA.
ISSN: 1973-9656
eISSN: 2036-0894
Hot Topics in Respiratory Medicine
Hot Topics in Respiratory MedicineRespiratory Medicine
The Respiratory Medicine journal is published by Elsevier Science. Its subjects are internal medicine and practice of medicine.Its ISSN is 0954-6111. Its impact factor in 2004 was 2,086....
has been published three times a year since 2006. The editor-in-chief of this series is Marc Miravitlles, Scientific Investigador Senior, Servei de Pneumologia, Institut Clínic del Tòrax at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
ISSN: 1973-9664
eISSN: 2036-0886
Hot Topics in Neurology and Psychiatry
Hot Topics in NeurologyNeurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
and Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
has been published three times a year since 2008. The editors-in-chief of this series are Rita Moretti and Paola Torre, from the Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Neurology at the University of Trieste
University of Trieste
The University of Trieste is a medium-sized university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The university consists of 12 faculties, boasts a wide and almost complete range of university courses and currently has about 23,000 students enrolled and 1,000 professors...
, Hospital of Cattinara in Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
ISSN: 1974-7640
eISSN: 2036-0916
Hot Topics in Viral Hepatitis
Hot Topics in Viral Hepatitis has been published three times a year since 2005. The editor-in-chief of this series is Francesco Negro, Chief of the Viropathology Unit, Divisions of GastroenterologyGastroenterology
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
and Hepatology
Hepatology
Hepatology is the branch of medicine that incorporates the study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as management of their disorders. Etymologically the word Hepatology is formed of ancient Greek hepar or hepato- meaning ' liver' and suffix -logia meaning 'word' or 'speech'...
and of Clinical Pathology, University Hospitals in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
ISSN: 1973-9648
eISSN: 2036-0932
The publisher
FBCommunication s.r.l. a socio unico is an international publisher and communications agency, headquartered in ModenaModena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
, Italy, specialising in medical communications and healthcare education. Amongst its activities, FBCommunication provides scientific writing and publications, educational products, multimedia services, e-learning programmes, and conference
Meeting
In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.- Definitions :An act or process of coming together as an assembly for a common purpose....
, symposium
Symposium
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a drinking party. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara...
and round-table meeting services. The founder and Managing Director of the company is Fulvio Bruno, formerly a holder of director positions with McGraw Hill, Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann AG is a multinational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. The company operates in 63 countries and employs 102,983 workers , which makes it the most international media corporation in the world. In 2008 the company reported a €16.118 billion consolidated...
and Current Medical Literature.