Conflict of Interest in Cardiovascular Publications

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/crd The editors of all cardiovascular journals in North America and Europe meet each year at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. We discuss a variety of issues of shared concern. Recently, we have been discussing disclosure of potential conflict of interest, particularly financial disclosures. The following statement was adopted by the editors as reflecting the strongly held opinions of the group. These guidelines will be published in all cardiovascular journals over the next year and will be implemented thereafter. The guidelines were written by a subcommittee of the Heart Editors Action Round Table consisting of the following members: Seymour Furman, MD (Chairman), Joseph S. Alpert, MD, Jay N. Cohn, MD, and Gerald C. Timmis, MD. Cardiology will implement these guidelines immediately.