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(Hypertension. 2004;43:295.)
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.

Preface

Proceedings of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, 2003

This issue of Hypertension contains selected manuscripts based on presentations made at the 57th Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research. The meeting was held in Washington, DC, September 23 through 26, 2003. The conference was preceded by the Workshop on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome and the Pathophysiology of Hypertension, Cardiovascular, and Renal Disease, which was organized by Dr Robert M. Carey. The program for the conference included 86 oral presentations and 264 posters that were selected from 492 submitted abstracts. These presentations covered a variety of topics: from genetics, molecular biology, receptors, vascular biology, signal transduction, and neurohormonal mechanisms to clinical and epidemiological aspects of hypertension. Presenters were encouraged to submit manuscripts that would be considered for publication in this proceedings issue of Hypertension. There were 117 manuscripts submitted, and 34 (29%) accepted for publication. This acceptance rate is in accordance with current American Heart Association policy for scientific journals. While it has become almost a cliche, "only the manuscripts that were highly meritorious and that required minor or no revisions were accepted for publication." Unfortunately, these rigorous criteria eliminated several potentially outstanding manuscripts that undoubtedly will be published once the authors have sufficient time to address the issues raised by the referees.

The transition to online submissions and reviews continued this year. Referee assignments and reviews were conducted electronically, and a complete evolution to online submission, processing, and reviewing of manuscripts should be in place for next . . . [Full Text of this Article]