Introduction
Cor et Vasa, the journal of the Czech Society of Cardiology and Czech Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, publishes 6 times a year and covers all aspects of cardiology, angiology, cardiovascular surgery, cardiovascular imaging, pediatric cardiology, hypertension, cardiovascular prevention and some aspects of interventional radiology.
It features editorial, original articles, review articles, as well as short communications from clinical and experimental cardiology. Beginning 2012, Cor et Vasa has also been publishing summaries (5 000 words) of the European Society of Cardiology guidelines, developed by leading Czech experts in the field.
Its supplement, Cor et Vasa Kardio offers book reviews, abstracts from elected congresses and conferences, elections and discussions, polemics, commentaries, information from the Czech Society of Cardiology, Czech Society of Cardiovascular Surgery and European Society of Cardiology as well as topical international news items.
Dear Author(s),
Please be advised that, beginning 2025, Cor et Vasa does not accept Case Reports. Should you be interested in publishing a case report, please submit your contribution to Cor et Vasa Case Reports, a sister journal of Cor et Vasa, to be accessed at https://www.kardio-cz.cz/coretvasa-case-reports.
Thank you for your understanding.
Prof. MUDr. Michael Aschermann, DrSc., FESC, FACC, Cor et Vasa Editor-in-Chief
Contributions appear in the Czech, Slovak or English language.
The journal publishes in two version with identical contents: online and printed versions. Fulltext Cor et Vasa is also available at the Czech Society of Cardiology website.
Cor et Vasa is indexed in the EMBASE, Scopus, ESC Search Engine databases, Emerging Sources Citation Index, the indexing database of Thomson Reuters, the Web of Science database and Journal Citation Reports – impact factor 0.9 for year 2024.
Please submit your contributions formatted as per Instructions to Authors through the ACTAVIA editorial system. Contributions to Kardio can also be submitted to Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor.
This is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
The Publisher cannot be held responsible for data or opinions presented by authors in their individual contributions or the factual and linguistic aspects of advertising material.
65th anniversary of the journal Cor et Vasa
In 2024, the Czech Society of Cardiology celebrates the 95th anniversary of its founding in 1929 and also the 65th anniversary of the journal Cor et Vasa.
We have converted the unique first issue of Cor et Vasa from 1959 into digital form for you.
Address for correspondence with the Editor-in-Chief of Cor et Vasa
Prof. MUDr. Michael Aschermann, DrSc., FESC, FACC (Editor-in-Chief)
2nd Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology and Angiology
School of Medicine I, Charles University and General University Hospital
U Nemocnice 2, 128 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic
E-mail: aschermann@e-coretvasa.cz