Boston - American Association for Thoracic Surgery

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERYIn accordance with the By-Laws of the Association:1. Papers which are read at the meeting shall become the property ofthe Association. They shall be submitted electronically to the Editorprior to presentation (http://www.editorialmanager.com/jtcvs).The papers submitted for consideration for publication in theJournal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery must bear a closerelationship in length to the paper presented at the meeting.2. Submission and acceptance of an abstract constitutes a commitmentby the Author(s) to present the material at the AATS AnnualMeeting. The work must not have been submitted, presented orpublished in abstract or manuscript form elsewhere prior tothe AATS 89 th Annual Meeting in May 2009. Failure to meet thisrequirement without prior approval of the Association will jeopardizea presenter’s further acceptance of abstracts for presentationand/or publication. The AATS Council seriously regards andadheres to the submission/presentation policy and will strictlyenforce sanctions upon all authors who fail to meet the policiesoutlined in the rules for submission and presentation of abstractsonce submitted. Any questions should be addressed to the Secretaryof the Association.7