SA Heart
Last updated ISSN 1996-6741
SA Heart is published by South African Heart Association in medicine. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in SA Heart concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
Key facts
| Publisher | South African Heart Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1996-6741, 2071-4602 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 411 |
| Publishing since | 2010 |
| Journal website | www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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