In This Issue: From Apprehension to Action

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Biomedical Ontology in Action Biomedical Ontology in Action Contributions to This Special Issue

Biomedical ontology is now an important element of biomedical research [1], healthcare [2] and public health [3], especially when it comes to integrating datasets in support of translational research [4]. Broadly defined, biomedical ontologies include the thesauri, terminologies, classifications and other coding systems used in biomedicine, in addition to those resources concerned with the iden...

Heartbeat: Highlights from this issue.

As the year 2015 begins, I would like to personally thank all of you who have reviewed articles for Heart over the past year. External peer review is a core aspect of scientific publishing and your balanced reviews assist the Editorial Team in selecting the highest quality and most interesting original research papers for publication in Heart. Your insightful comments also provide authors with ...

Heartbeat: highlights from this issue.

As increasing numbers of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) survive the neonatal period and reach adulthood we are faced with a growing patient population, both, in terms of numbers and complexity of disease. The vast majority of patients are not cured and requires lifelong specialized medical care. The current focus issue on congenital heart disease combines publications dealing spec...