European Heart Journal - Case Reports (EHJ – Case Reports) is an international, online-only, fully open access (OA) journal of the European Society of Cardiology. The Journal publishes high quality, educationally valuable case reports, images, and quality improvement projects in all aspects of cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The cases will be of interest to senior medical students and doctors during the early stage of their medical career. Case reports from across the world will be considered. We are particularly interested in considering cases from resource restricted environments, where learning points relating to limited investigation or management choices may have important implications on a wider audience.

EHJ – Case Reports' primary aim is to provide a publishing environment that promotes learning of junior cardiologists in regards to both the published content and the review and editorial process. The Journal operates with a mentorship scheme designed to develop junior reviewers and editors under the close guidance of experienced senior reviewers and editors. To learn more about the Journal’s educational programme, please read the following editorial: EHJ-CR’s Educational Training Programme.

Editor-in-Chief Professor John Camm commented, “EHJ – Case Reports is not only a publishing vehicle but also an educational enterprise for authors, reviewers, and editors. The Journal’s mentoring programmes are gaining in strength and popularity. Each year the Journal accepts applications to join its educational programmes. The Journal also acts as an instrument for acknowledging the success of cardiologists by publishing case reports and images that win competitions hosted by the ESC or national societies.”

Assistant Editor Dr Fielder Camm added, “EHJ – Case Reports has set out from the very beginning to be an experimental publishing platform. Over the last two and half years we have pioneered a number of elements, some of which may become standard across the ESC family. A particular focus of these experiments have been a number of mechanisms to ensure appropriate recognition for authors, reviewers, and editors such as mandatory ORCID for the corresponding author, integration with Publons, publishing the name of reviewers and editors alongside accepted articles, and the requirement for slide sets to accompany each article.”

As part of the ESC Journal Family, EHJ – Case Reports adheres to the highest of editorial standards, delivering rigorous and constructive peer review, and exposing authors to a global readership. Please read the Instructions to Authors for more information. EHJ – Case Reports is indexed in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, and registered in the Directory of Open Access Journals.

EHJ - Case Reports' mission is to improve cardiovascular care through experience and education.