Heart Diseases

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. The heart consists of a muscle that pumps blood, arteries that supply blood to the muscle and valves that ensure the blood is pumped in the correct direction. Heart disease is any disorder that affects the heart muscle, arteries or valves. Some types of heart disease are coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, valvular heart disease and congenital heart diseases. Based on 2001 statistics, coronary heart disease is the single largest killer of Americans. In state rankings, Mississippi has the highest death rate for all types of cardiovascular disease, a broad term, which includes coronary heart disease, heart attacks, angina and congenital heart defects.

  Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals /
Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides  

Constant, Jules. Essentials of bedside cardiology with a complete course in heart sounds and murmurs on CD. 2nd.ed.
        WG 141 C667 2003

Phibbs, Brendan.  The human heart: a basic guide to heart disease.
        WG 210 P542 1997

Hatchett, Richard and David R. Thompson (eds.).  Cardiac nursing: a comprehensive guide.
        WY 152.5 C273 2002

Brooks S.Edwards and Jesse E. Edwards (eds.).  Jesse E. Edwards' synopsis of congenital heart disease.  
        WG 39 E282 2000

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Alpert, Joseph S. and Gordon A. Ewy. Manual of cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy. 5th ed. 
        WG 141 A463 2002

Jablonski, Stanley. Cardiology acronyms & abbreviations. 
        WG 13 J124 2002

Fuster, Valentin et al (eds.) Hurst's the heart.  10th ed.
         WG 100 H4 2001

Sutherland, John.  Blackwell's primary care essentials: cardiology.
        WG 39 S873 2001

Topol, Eric J. (ed.). Cleveland Clinic heart book. 1st ed.
         CONSUMER HEALTH  WG 113 C438 2000

Selected textbooks

Braunwald, Eugene et al (eds.).  Heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 7th ed.
        WG 200 H37 2005 OR http://www.library.umc.edu/umc/ele-txt.html#H

Edwards, Nioo M. et al (eds.).  Aging, heart disease, and its management: facts and controversies.
         WG 210 A346 2003

Wilansky, Susan and James T. Willerson.  Heart disease in women. 
         WG 210 H425 2002

Topol, Eric J. (ed.).  Textbook of cardiovascular medicine.  2nd ed.
         WG 100 T497 2002

Surawicz, Borys and Timothy K. Knilans.  Chou's electrocardiography in clinical practice: adult and pediatric. 5th ed.
          WG 140 C45e 2001

More books  

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiology
Myocardial Diseases
Coronary Disease

Selected journals  

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog  

Suggested subject headings: Heart Diseases - - Periodicals
Cardiology - - Periodicals
Cardiovascular Diseases -- Periodicals
Cardiovascular System -- Periodicals
Heart Failure, Congestive -- Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts  

MEDLINE  (Off Campus Login Required)

Suggested subject headings: Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Coronary Disease
Myocardial Ischemia

Academic Search Premier  (Off Campus Login Required)

Search using keywords: Coronary Heart Disease
Heart Diseases
Coronary Disease

Health Source -  Nursing/Academic Edition  (Off Campus Login Required)

Search using keywords: Heart Diseases

Selected journal articles  

Ong HT.  B blockers in hypertension and cardiovascular disease.  BMJ: British Medical Journal 2007 May 5;  334(7600):946-9.

Erne P et al. Effects of percutaneous coronary interventions in silent ischemia after myocardial infarction: the Swissl II randomized controlled trial. JAMA  2007 May 9; 297(18):1985-91..

American Heart Association Inc..  New guidelines for women.  Nursing  2007 April; 37 (4):33-4. 

Grassi M et al.  Direct, reverse or reciprocal causation in the relation between homocysteine and ischemic heart disease.  Thrombosis Research  2007 July; 120 (1):61-9.

Munoz M et al.  Efficacy of an intensive prevention program in coronary patients in primary care, a randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Cardiology   2007 June; 118(3):312-20.

White CS. Chest pain in the emergency department: potential role of multidetector CT. Journal of Thoracic Imaging  2007 Feb; 22(1):49-55.

More reference sources

Hasdai, David et al (eds.).  Cardiogenic shock: diagnosis and treatment.
        WG 300 C278 2002

Bayes de Luna, A. et al (eds.)  Arrhythmias and sudden death in athletes. 
       WG 205 A773 2000

Pifarre, Roque and Patrick J. Scanlon (eds.)  Evidence-based management of the acute coronary syndrome.
       WG 300 E842 2001

Nanda,  Navin C. and Vincent L. Sorrell.  Atlas of three-dimensional echocardiography.
       WG 17 A747 2002

Ohnesorge, Bernd M. et al.  Multi-slice CT in cardiac imaging: technical principles, clinical application, and future developments.
       WG 141.5.T6 M84 2002

McManus, Bruce M. (ed.)  Atlas of cardiovascular pathology.
        WG 17 A2227 2001.

Specialized sources

Heart disease and stroke statistics -  update  2004 / American Heart Association
        REF WG 16 H427 2004

Atlas of heart diseases series. Check Rowland Medical Library for titles in series.

School of Medicine / Jackson Heart Study  601-982-1133.
         University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        H. A. Taylor, MD. htaylor@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org

MEDLINEplus: Heart Diseases
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html

CDC.  Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/redirect.htm

National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Author:   Helvi McCall Price
Copyright 2004. Revised 2007.  Reference Department,
Rowland Medical Library,  University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson