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Submissions will be accepted from 2025-04-09 until 2025-05-23 at midnight SAST UCT GMT+2
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SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
The Organising Committee would like to invite submission of abstracts for Unifying Hearts and Minds, the 25th Annual SA Heart® Congress 2025, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 17-19 October 2025.
Abstracts to be considered for oral or ePoster presentation (please indicate your preference).
Presentation Formats
Oral Presentation
Poster Presentation (ePoster)
Authors are requested to follow the instructions clearly.
ABSTRACT FORMAT
Maximum of 350 words. No graphs, figures, tables, or diagrams permitted.
Language: English (Poorly written abstracts will not be accepted)
Abstracts must contain:
- The names of all authors (first name and surname)
- Affiliations of all authors
- E-mail address of the corresponding author
- Contact address
- Contact telephone number
- The title must define the topic, be concise (excessively long titles may be shortened at the discretion of the organising committee) and contain no abbreviations
- The text should cover the background/hypothesis, objectives, method, results and conclusion. An adequate description of the methods and results are a prerequisite to be considered. Abstracts must contain results
- In the text, only standard abbreviations need not be defined. Non-standard abbreviations and acronyms must be defined on first use
Categories for submission:
- Arrhythmias
- Basic Sciences
- Cardiac Imaging
- Controversies in Cardiovascular Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hybrid Therapies
- Mental Health in Healthcare
- Paediatric Cardiology
- Preventative Cardiology
- Statistics in Clinical Trials
- Structural Heart Disease
- General Cardiology
Provision has been made for ePoster presentations.
Note: All visuals shown must have informed consent. Speakers must declare a conflict of interest before starting their presentations.
LAYOUT
Kindly divide your abstract according to the following headings:
Research Abstract:
Background, Objectives, Method, Results, Conclusion
You may also refer to the instructions on the conference website.
ACCEPTANCE
Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee who reserves the right to accept and allocate abstracts for either ePoster or oral presentation. Presenters will be notified by 4 July 2025 if their abstract has been accepted. All presenters of accepted abstracts must be registered and/or paid as Congress delegates.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
The official language of the conference is English. There will be selected oral presentations.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
E-Posters to be displayed at the congress on plasma screens within the expo area at the Sandton Convention Centre and presenters must be available to present in person.
Full details for the preparation of ePosters will be included in the abstract acceptance letter.
PUBLICATION
Abstracts (with the author’s permission) will be published in the SA Heart® Journal. The final decision regarding acceptance of the abstract for publication rests with the Editors of the Journal.
NOTE: The abstract book will be available digitally in the SA Heart® Journal on the SA Heart® website.
Abstracts received after the cut-off date; incomplete abstracts; abstracts without affiliations and institutions of all authors, abstracts without full contact details; abstracts in excess of 350 words and abstracts containing figures or tables will not be published.
All presenters of accepted abstracts must be registered as Congress delegates and be willing to present at the Congress.
Website
More information about this event can be found at the event website.
If you have difficulty, please mail the administrator on caro@exbo.co.za
