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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.
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, Web of Science, 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.
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
Published 6 times a year (+ 2 supplements)
Permission E 18519 granted by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
ISSN 0010-8650 (print), ISSN 1803-7712 (online)
© 2025, ČKS.
Publisher
Česká kardiologická společnost, z. s.
Netroufalky 6b, 625 00 Brno
President
Prof. MUDr. Petr Ošťádal, Ph.D., FESC
Managing Editor
Mgr. Klára Procházková
Tel.: +420 607 932 545
E-mail: redakce@e-coretvasa.cz
Advertising information
Mgr. Denisa Ebelová
Tel.: +420 725 777 880
E-mail: ebelova@kardio-cz.cz
Distribution, subscription
The journal is available online free of charge to all members of the Czech Society of Cardiology and Czech Society for Cardiovascular Surgery on the societies’ websites (log-in through your personal account).
Published issues will be distributed to all society members through regular mail.
The annual subscription rate of the printed journal for the Czech Society of Cardiology members is 2 400 CZK, for non-members 3 000 CZK; for further information, please contact Mrs. Mgr. Denisa Ebelova at ebelova@kardio-cz.cz.
The Publisher does not assume responsibility for the quality and efficacy of any product or service offered in advertisements or any other material of commercial nature.
Pre-press
Studio Franklin Praha
E-mail: franklin@franklin.cz
Tiskárna Knopp s.r.o.
Nové Město nad Metují
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Michael Aschermann, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology and Angiology, School of Medicine I, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, e-mail: Aschermann@seznam.cz
Deputy Editors
Petr Widimský, Cardiocenter, Charles University Hospital “Royal Vineyards”, Prague, Czech Republic, e-mail: petr.widimsky@fnkv.cz
Jiří Vítovec, 1st Department of Internal Medicine – Cardioangiology, School of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic, e-mail: jiri.vitovec@fnusa.cz
Associate Editors
Miloš Táborský, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Petr Kala, Brno, Czech Republic
Josef Veselka, Dresden, Germany
Senior Editor (Emeritus)
Vladimír Staněk, Prague, Czech Republic
International Editorial Board
Jiří Bonaventura, Prague, Czech Republic
Marian Branny, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Miroslav Brtko, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Eva Goncalvesová, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Jan Janoušek, Prague, Czech Republic
Pavel Jansa, Prague, Czech Republic
Otakar Jiravský, Třinec, Czech Republic
Jan Krejčí, Brno, Czech Republic
Filip Málek, Prague, Czech Republic
Martin Mates, Prague, Czech Republic
Zuzana Moťovská, Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Němec, Brno, Czech Republic
Petr Ošťádal, Prague, Czech Republic
Petr Peichl, Prague, Czech Republic
Radek Pudil, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Richard Rokyta, Plzeň, Czech Republic
Iveta Šimková, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Petr Toušek, Prague, Czech Republic
Jiří Widimský Jr., Prague, Czech Republic