Taskforce on

Atherosclerosis Imaging

Taskforce of the AGLA / Swiss Atherosclerosis

Newest informations ...

September

2009

Three of our papers have been accepted for publication:

1. Statistics in Medicine

2. Ischemia Testing in Primary Care

3. Plaque Imaging for better Risk Prediciton

For further information visit the "submissions" page

The new "TASKFORCE GUIDELINES"

"TASKFORCE GUIDELINES" are necessary in order to keep the taskforce efficient. If you do not agree with certain points of these guidelines, directly contact the AGLA.

August

2009

• Questions: Because of the many co-authors in certain papers: questions to the coordinator should only be addressed, when your attentive study of the subjects at hand are really unclear in your mind. I cannot respond to other request, so please help yourself, it's all in our internet communication tool, just read it

• Submission rules: co-authorship is dependent on sufficient collaboration within a paper, you all know the international guidelines

• Role of first author: Responsible author for publication, answers to reviewers and correspondence with the publishing organs is the first author.

• Internet communication tools:

  • The submission page contains all the necessary information that allows co-authors to understand, what her or his actions may be.

  • Please check on the "status" field, that you find on the "submissions" page, what action is required for a certain paper, open the pdf and send your comments to info@kardiolab.ch.

  • If you wish to enter your corrections in a doc file, open the zip file at the beginning of the "submissions" page.

• Next meeting: The meeting in September 2009 is cancelled. The next meeting will be held in November 2009; more details are underway. It is somehow disturbing, when we try to contact you in order to organize a meeting and 80% of the invitees do not respond. Please help us to improve our efficiency.

• Thank You for Your collaboration 

Michel Romanens, coordinator  

• The Taskforce on Atherosclerosis Imaging has now all members on board. The first meeting is organized (pdf). Welcome

Michel Romanens

• The AGLA has decided to rename the Taskforce from "Vascular Risk Prediction" to "Atherosclerosis Imaging". The focus for the year 2009 will be: relative importance of carotid and coronary non-invasive imaging for risk assessment in asymptomatic subjects. Role of emerging imaging modalities as incremental information on top of global risk charts. 
• The former Taskforce on vascular risk prediction has submitted 3 "position" papers on a) how to judge the incremental value of an emerging new test with statistics, b) the value of testing for ischemia in primary care and c) the value of ultrasound based plaque imaging as a further risk stratification tool in primray care. These 3 papers are currently under the reviewing process. 
• We thank all participants in the former Taskforce on Vascular Risk Prediction and welcome the new "Taskforce on Atherosclerosis Imaging", which will have his first meeting soon next year. 

Best!

Michel Romanens

• The first paper on how to judge the value of a new test has been revisited, further we could include new informations delivered by Micheal Pencina, Co-Editor of Statistics in Medicine. So this paper is now ready for submission.

Michel Romanens

• The Taskforce is soon going to submit 4 position papers to Kardiovaskuläre Medizin. Further, more members are planned to join the taskforce. Next meeting in May 2008 at the AGLA meeting in Lugano.

Michel Romanens