Abstract Policies and Procedures
General Information
• All abstract presentations and question-and-answer periods will be in English.
• Investigators do not need be ACC members to participate.
• All accepted abstract presenters must register to obtain a hotel reservation and meeting
badge. Individuals should register in the appropriate category (member, nonmember,
etc.) and pay the fees appropriate for that category.
• Submitting authors will be notified via email on Friday, September 21, 2018 regarding
acceptance disposition.
• ACC is unable to reimburse abstract presenters for travel, hotel, or per diem expenses.
• General Information subject to change due to circumstances beyond the ACC’s control.
Policies
• The abstract submission site opens on Friday, June 15, 2018 and closes on Friday,
August 17, 2018. All abstracts must be SUBMITTED by 11:59 PM ET on Friday, August 17,
2018 in order to be considered. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is not
responsible for abstracts that are not submitted by this deadline date.
• Submissions that do not meet all the criteria listed will not be considered for review.
• Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the author(s) to present if
accepted. Failure to present and register for the meeting, if not justified, will jeopardize
future acceptance of abstracts.
• There is no limit to the number of abstracts an investigator may submit. The submitting
author is considered to be the presenting author, unless another co-author is appointed
to present and ACC staff is notified of the change.
• Investigators should not submit the same research; abstracts that appear to be replicate
versions of a single study will be rejected. Submissions will be checked for duplication
and replicate versions will be rejected.
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• Investigators should submit their abstract to only one category. A submitter must
choose the category that best encompasses the abstract subject within the activity. Be
sure to review all the abstract submission options before selecting and starting the
submission process. Abstracts will be checked for submission in all forums and if
duplication is found only the latest replicate will be forwarded for review.
• Follow all instructions for completing the submission. Be sure to structure the content
into Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion sections.
• Clarity of expression will be considered in the review process. The overall quality of
language used should assure comprehension by the reader.
• Use a maximum of five unique abbreviations in the body of the abstract. No
abbreviations should appear in the title. Place abbreviations in parentheses after the full
word the first time it appears. Abbreviations increase the difficulty of reading and
evaluating abstracts, which will be considered in the review process.
• Abstracts are not eligible for consideration if the paper has been presented at a previous
ACC Annual Scientific Session.
• Any human experimentation must conform to the principles of the Declaration of
Helsinki of the World Medical Association.
• The Planning Group endorses the position of the American Association for the
Advancement for Science in requiring assurances of the responsible use of animals in
research. All submissions for consideration must be in compliance with the guidelines.
• Authors will be required to provide disclosures for accepted abstracts. Failure of authors
to provide disclosure information will result in the removal of an accepted abstract from
the program.
• Each presenting author will be asked to comply with the ACC Disclosure Policy.
Indication of the relationship and the associated commercial entity is required for each
presenting author.
• Traditional flat board poster presentations MUST CONTAIN the disclosure information
of the presenting author and lead investigator as a part of their poster board
information. Poster presentations without disclosure information will be removed from
a poster board.
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• The submitting author acts on behalf of all co-authors and in submitting an abstract,
transfers to the American College of Cardiology the copyright and all other rights in the
material comprising the abstract if the abstract is accepted. Co-authors reserve the
following: a) all proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights; and b) the
right to use all or part of the abstract in future works of their own. The American College
of Cardiology, as holder of the copyright on the accepted abstract, reserves all rights of
reproduction, distribution, performance, display, and the right to create derivative
works in both print and digital formats.
• All abstracts submitted in connection with ACC regional conferences are disclosed to
members of the peer review selection committee, as well as to ACC employees and
contractors as necessary.
• Although ACC and ACC employees or contractors cannot guarantee the confidentiality of
submitted abstracts, every effort will be made to ensure confidentiality of submitted
material.
• Primary responsibility for compliance with any disclosure or nondisclosure requirements
resides solely with researchers and/or research sponsors.
