Abstracts Submission

The Organising Committee would like to invite submission of abstracts for The Cardiac Connections 24th Annual SA Heart® Congress 2024, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 8 – 10 November 2024.

Submissions open:
May 28, 2025
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Submissions close:
Wednesday, 17 July at 23H59 SAST (GMT + 2)
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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 formats

Maximum of 350 words in MS Word

Font: Arial 10pt.

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

Abstracts received after the cut-off date; incomplete abstracts; abstracts without affiliations of all authors, abstracts without full contact details; abstracts in excess of 350 words and abstracts containing figures or tables will not be published.

Kindly divide your abstract according to the following headings:

Background / Objectives / Method / Results / Conclusion

Categories for Submission

Arrhythmias

Basic Sciences

Cardiac Imaging

Controversies in Cardiovascular Disease

Coronary Artery Disease

COVID 19 and Heart Disease

Heart Failure

Hybrid Therapies

Paediatric Cardiology

Preventative Cardiology

Statistics in Clinical Trials

Valvular Heart Disease

Acceptance

Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee who reserves the right to accept and allocate abstracts for either poster, oral presentation. Presenters will be notified if their abstract has been accepted. All presenters of accepted abstracts must be registered as Congress delegates.

Further abstract submission information will be provided upon submission opening.

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.
Full details for the preparation of ePosters will be included in the abstract acceptance letter.

If you have any questions, please email: caro@exbo.co.za

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