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(Hypertension. 1998;32:155.)
© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.

Third Workshop on Structure and Function of Large Arteries: Part I

Editorial Commentary

Correspondence to Edward D. Frohlich, MD, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, 1516 Jefferson Highway, BH-514, New Orleans, LA 70121.

The articles that follow in this issue of Hypertension represent part of the proceedings of a special symposium, the "Third Workshop on Structure and Function of Large Arteries," a program organized by Professor Michel Safar on January 23 and 24, 1998. This workshop was organized in the context of a special Biomed Program of the European Community with a special educational grant-in-aid from Servier Laboratories.

Each of the papers submitted for publication have been subjected to the same peer review process that applies to all manuscripts submitted to Hypertension. This peer review process involved a prior selection of journal-approved reviewers with the intent that the accepted manuscripts would be included in regular issues of the journal rather than in a special journal supplement. Professor Safar agreed to serve as Guest Editor and to work closely with the Editor-in-Chief at each step to ensure that no breach occurred with our agreed procedure. Moreover, he and the grantor agreed to discuss with the American Heart Association, in advance and independent of journal editors, all financial arrangements with each of the foregoing administrative and editorial stipulations.

Professor Safar organized an Associate Editorial team including Hans Brunner, MD, Lausanne, Switzerland; Giuseppe Mancia, MD, Milan, Italy; Gérard London, MD, Paris, France; and Michael O'Rourke, MD, Darlinghurst, Australia. As in the previous workshop, the Associate Guest Editors then selected, well in advance of the meeting and with prior agreement by the Editors, all potential reviewers. The workshop participants/authors all came to the meeting with their . . . [Full Text of this Article]