title: Managing conflicts of interest.
abstract: The more extensive conflict of interest information will permit reviewers and editors to ensure the accuracy, balance,and lack of bias of papers accepted for publication.Therefore, a brief conflict statement will be published on the cover page and a more extensive description will be published at the end of the paper to allow concerned readers to make their own judgments about the quality of the information reported.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Chairman of AATS Ethics Committee, Charleston, SC.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Ethics Editor Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: Cary W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Akins
authors.affiliation: Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto, Editor Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: rweisel@uhnresearch.ca.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Weisel
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D017594:Publication Bias; D014342:Truth Disclosure