XV Wlord Congress of the Intl Cardiac Doppler Society

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Please find enclosed information concerning Daniel Kalmanson's award competition being held within the XV World Congress of the International Cardiac Doppler Society.

Sincerely yours,

Organizing Committee.

Within the 15th World Congress of the International Cardiac Doppler Society which will be held in Tyumen, Russia on 24-26 May 2006, in conjunction with Russian National Conference on Cardiac Resynchronization and Cardioversion Defibrillation Daniel Kalmanson's Award Competition for young investigators will be held.

Daniel Kalmanson was a pioneer in the field of Doppler echocardiography, contributing to the development of this technique its clinical application and the physiological interpretation of the measurements made using this approach.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of ICDS-2006 we would like to ask you to support scientists under 35 years from your Society in submitting papers and taking part in Daniel Kalmanson's Award Competition.

The abstracts competing for the DK Award will be selected by members of the Scientific Committee. The DK Award session will be chaired by a panel of distinguished scientists, representing a wide spectrum of the medical science and trends of research for cardiovascular disease. The decision made by the panel, and the name of the winner will be announced at the end of the session or at the closing ceremony of the meeting, according to the Chairman's decision.

The winner will receive the prize the amount of which will be decided by the ICDS Board. An official certificate signed by the ICDS President and ICDS officers will be also granted to the winner. Abstracts selected for the Daniel Kalmanson's Award will be published in the peer-reviewed journal – European Journal of Echocardiography.

Criteria required for the Daniel Kalmanson's Award and other information concerning ICDS-2006 you can find visiting the official web-site of the Congress: www.icds2006.com .

Sincerely yours,

Vadim A. Kuznetsov, MD, PhD, FESC
Professor of Cardiology,
President, World ICDS Congress 2006,
Director of Tyumen Cardiology Center

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The Scientific Committee of ICDS 2006 invites all interested individuals to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation which will be grouped according to the subject categories listed below.
Abstracts will be divided into following categories for review and program purposes.
Presenters should select one subject category.

TOPICS
• Interventional Echocardiography:
Transesophageal, Intraoperative, Intravascular and Intracardiac
• Contrast Echocardiography
• Exercise and Pharmacological Stress Echocardiography
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Ischemic Heart Disease
• Cardiomyopathies and Pericardial Disease
• Ventricular Systolic Function/Atrial Function
• Myocardial Diastolic Function
• Congenital Heart Disease
• 3D Echocardiography
• Outcomes Research, Evaluation of Source of Embolism
• Coronary Artery Anatomy/Physiology and Microcirculation
• Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound/Endothelial Function
• New Echocardiographic Technique

GENERAL GUIDELINES
Abstracts must be submitted through the ICDS 2006 website www.icds2006.com or by E-mail: mail@icds2006.com Submission via on-line system on the website is highly recommended. Do not submit abstracts by fax. Please provide the corresponding author contact information, topic category and presentation preference.

Deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2006. Abstract will be peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee of ICDS 2006 according to subject category and Notification of acceptance will be sent to corresponding author on April 1, 2006. Scheduling details and instructions for poster presentations will be included with this correspondence.

If the abstract must be withdrawn, please notify the ICDS 2006 Secretariat via e-mail at mail@icds2006.com

Submission of an abstract does not constitute registration for the congress. Presenters are required to register for the Congress separately.

At least one author of each abstract must register at the meeting for the paper presentation by April 25, 2006. Failure to do so will result in exclusion from the program. Submissions not confirming to established submission guidelines will not be reviewed.
Only abstracts written in English will be accepted, may be subject to editorial revisions.

ABSTRACT FORMAT
Abstract Submission Form:
➢ MS Word for Windows
➢ Font : Times New Roman only
➢ Size : 10-point only
➢ Space: single space
➢ Content:
• Pictures, graphs, and table can be included.
• The abstract limit is 350 words including the title and authors.
• Abstract will be published as submitted; i.e. any error appearing in the submitted abstract will appear in the published Abstracts Book.

Title
Title should appear in bold. Title should be brief and clearly indicate the essence of the presentation.

Authors
Full given names should precede the family name. Omit degrees (M.D., Ph.D.) and titles (Prof., Dr. etc.). If a co-author's affiliation is different from the presenting author's, please identify in superscript numerals. For paper submissions, place an asterisk (*) after the name of the author presenting the paper.

Institution
On a separate line type the name of institution, city and country.

Body Text
Omit all names and geographical references in the body of the abstract. Leave an empty line before typing the body. Organize contents as follows:
• Background : State the background or reasons for performing the study
• Methods : Methods, materials and analytical procedures used
• Results : Summary of the results in sufficient detail to support conclusion
• Conclusions : Conclusions reached

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for Abstracts Submission February 15, 2006
Notification of Acceptance April 1, 2006

The early deadline for abstracts submission is fixed in order to provide you with time enough to obtain visa. Abstracts can be submitted after this date but getting visa cannot be guaranteed due to the possible delays in making the official invitation.

* For more information visit the “Obtaining Visa” section.

DANIEL KALMANSON'S AWARD

Daniel Kalmanson's Award (DK Award) will be given to a selected abstract, which is submitted by the candidate who meets the criteria for the award.
Poster presenters who satisfy the criteria below can apply for the Daniel Kalmanson's Award Competition.
Daniel Kalmanson was a pioneer in the field of Doppler echocardiography, contributing to the development of this technique its clinical application and the physiological interpretation of the measurements made using this approach.

Criteria Required for the Daniel Kalmanson's Award
• Candidates must be under 35-years-old to compete.
• No specific citizenship requirements
• Candidates are usually MD, but they can be scientists, physicists, medical engineers, or physiologists, etc.; as far as their field of interest is focused on research of the cardiovascular system through the development of ultrasound technology.
• Candidates must submit an abstract according to the guidelines required by the Chairman of the meeting, and the abstract must be received by the organizing committee before the deadline.
• The objective of the research may be clinical in nature or basic and fundamental
• Candidates must submit an original abstract on his/her research that has not been published or presented in another international meeting, or in one of the main congresses held in the United States, such as AHA, ACC, ASE.
• Candidates must be the first authors and the presenters of the abstract. Co-authors are allowed.
• Candidates must not present more than one paper as a first author. Previous award winners may not apply for the DK Award in subsequent years.

The Process of Selection
The abstracts competing for the DK Award will be selected by scientists of the Scientific Committee. The final selection may involve four to six abstracts. Finalists will receive individual notice from the Organizing Committee at the time of the general decision of acceptance or rejection of the abstracts. During the meeting, a special session, "the DK Award session" will be chaired by a panel of distinguished researchers, scientists, or clinicians representing a wide spectrum of the medical science and trends of research for cardiovascular disease and appointed by the chairman and by the scientific committee.

The Criteria for Evaluation
• The scientific merit of the abstract
• The originality and quality of the research
• The presentation of the abstract

Prize
The decision made by the panel, and the name of the winner will be announced at the end of the session or at the closing ceremony of the meeting, according to the Chairman's decision.
The winner will receive the prize the amount of which will be decided by the ICDS Board. An official certificate signed by the ICDS President and ICDS officers will be also granted to the winner.

PUBLICATION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts selected for the Daniel Kalmanson's Award will be published in the European Journal of Echocardiography. The other abstracts of the Congress are supposed to be published in the on-line journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound. The separate Abstract Book with all selected papers of the Congress will be issued.