Cardiology/Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Medicine

Go to library resources in cardiology/cardiovascular/cardiothoraic medicine

American College of Cardiology
Dedicated to fostering optimal cardiovascular care and disease prevention through education, promotion of research, leadership in development of standards and guidelines and formulation of health care policy

American Heart Association Home Page
Lots of information on heart disease and stroke for physicians and patients

CARDIAX
Computer-aided instructional program of 20 planned cases in basic cardiology

CardioVillage
An educational, peer-reviewed online resource devoted to cardiovascular medicine. From the University of Virginia Health System

E-chocardiography Journal: an Electronic Journal of Cardiac Ultrasound
Medical articles and cardiac ultrasound images

The Heart: an Online Exploration
Complete exploration of the heart

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Drug Eluting Stent Report
The report evaluates clinical evidence, costs of the procedure, assessment of quality of life issues, and reimbursement issues. 

Society for Thoracic Surgeons
News, events, membership, abstracts, publications and MEDLINE access for members

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Library Resources

Cardiology/cardiovascular/cardiothoracic medicine journal titles held by the library.

Selected book and audiovisual resources are listed.  For more titles in cardiology/cardiovasclar/cardiothoracic medicine, please search the library online catalog.

ACCEL American College of Cardiology extended learning series - audio CD series

Alpert, Joseph S.  Manual of cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy.  5th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002
WG 39 A456M 2002

Braunwald, Eugene.  Heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine.  6th ed.  Philadelphia : Saunders, 2001 V.1-2
RES WG 210 H436B 2001

Constant, Jules.  Essentials of bedside cardiology.  2nd ed.  Totowa, NJ : Humana, 2003
WG 141 C757E 2003

Fuster, Valentin.  Hurst's the heart. 11th ed.  New York : McGraw-Hill, 2004
RES WG 100 H966F 2004

Kaplan, Norman M.  Kaplan's clinical hypertension.  9th ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006
WG 340 K17K 2006

Kirklin, James K.  Heart transplantation.  New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2002
WG 169 K589H 2002

Marso, Steven P.  Manual of cardiovascular medicine.  Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000
WG 210 M294M 2000

Mason, Daniel.  Listening to the heart: a comprehensive collection of heart sounds and murmurs (audio-CD).  2nd ed.  Philadelphia : FA Davis, 2000
WG 141.5.A9 M241L 2000 AUDIO-CD

McLean, Barbara.  Mastering 12-lead ECGs (video).  Springhouse, PA : Springhouse, 2001
WG 140 M145M 2001 VIDEO

Rosendorff, Clive.  Essential cardiology: principles and practice.  2nd ed.  Philadelphia : Saunders, 2005
WG 18.2 E78R 2005