About The Journal

For 50 years, The Texas Heart Institute Journal has been published by The Texas Heart Institute as part of its medical education program. Our continuously published, peer-reviewed journal enjoys a global audience of physicians, scientists, and healthcare professionals who are contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Beginning in 2023, the official name is The Texas Heart Institute Journal. Historically, The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982 and was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). In 2014, The Journal moved to online-only publication. The Journal is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide. Our full archive is available at PubMed Central.

As of July 15, 2023, The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a fully Open Access publication that enables authors to retain copyright under an appropriate Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC).

The Journal invites authors to submit these article types for review:

• Clinical Investigation
• Laboratory Investigation
• Systematic Review
• Case Series
• Research Letter
• Case Reports (Submission Fee: $70.00 USD)
• Narrative Review
• Images in Cardiovascular Medicine (Submission Fee: $35.00 USD)
• Initiatives in Healthcare
• Perspectives
• Editorial Commentary
• Guest Editorial
• Letters to the Editor

See details in Information for Authors.