Clinical Writing for Interventional Cardiologists

What you will learn - hopefully! Introduction General principles for clinical writing Specific techniques Practical session: critical review of a published article Writing the Title and the Abstract Bibliographic search and writing the Introduction Principles of statistics and writing the Methods Practical session: writing the Abstract Writing the Results Writing the Discussion Writing Tables and preparing Figures Principles of peer-review Principles of grant writing/regulatory submission Clinical writing at a glance Conclusions and take home messages

What you will learn Writing Tables and preparing Figures –goals of Tables and Figures –effective tips

Tables Tables are useful, especially to clarify important points for the busy reader Try to lump similar data together Do not replicate in the text but a few numbers that you have reported in the Tables May be subdivided in: -Baseline (or Patient) characteristics -Lesion and procedural characteristics -Outcomes -Additional (eg multivariable) analyses

Tables Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006

Ellis et al, JACC 2005 Tables

Lee et al, EuroIntervention 2008

Kandzari et al, JACC 2006 Tables

Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006

Tables Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006

Spinosa et al, Radiol 2004 Tables

Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006

Tables Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006

Spinosa et al, Radiol 2004 Tables

Duda et al, Radiol 2001 Tables

Sun et al, JVIR 2006 Tables

Kip et al, JACC 2008 Tables

Figures Figures are also useful, especially to clarify important points for the busy reader In many cases the figures help you document that what you say you did is true (eg angiograms, microscopy, etc.) Remember that they should be professionally prepared Bear in mind that color figures may be expensive!

Melikian et al, Heart 2008 Figures

Kwon et al, JCI 1998 Figures

Joner et al, JACC 2008

Kwon et al, JCI 1998 Figures

Larose Circ 2005 Figures

Romagnoli et al, JACC Int 2008

Patel et al, JACC 2006 Figures

Sabate et al, JACC 2000

Figures Romagnoli et al, JACC Int 2008

Figures Vlaar et al, Lancet 2008

ESPRIT Study Group, Lancet 2006 Figures

Cosgrave et al, JACC 2006 Figures

Adam et al, EJVES 2006 Figures

Silva et al, CCI 2004 Figures

Adam et al, EJVES 2006 Figures

Kukkonen et al, EJVES 2006 Figures

Meredith et al, EuroIntervention 2005 Figures

Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006 Figures

Ellis et al, JACC 2005 Figures

Windecker et al, Circulation 2007

Meredith et al, EuroIntervention 2005 Figures

Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006 Figures

Mauri et al, Circulation 2005

Figures Daemen et al, Lancet 2007

Lee et al, EuroIntervention 2008 Figures

Fajadet et al, Circulation 2006

Svilaas et al, NEJM 2008 Figures

ESPRIT Study Group, Lancet 2006 Figures

Kip et al, JACC 2008 Figures

Marso et al, JACC 2006 Figures

De Luca et al, EHJ 2008 Figures

Melikian et al, Heart 2008 Figures

ATC, BMJ 2002 Figures

ESPRIT Study Group, Lancet 2006 Figures

De Luca et al, EHJ 2008 Figures

Questions?

Take home messages 1.Tables and Figures should complement your work, not distract from it

Take home messages 1.Tables and Figures should complement your work, not distract from it 2.In any case, if you cant provide a professionally looking figure or table, it is better to avoid it

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