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This guide directs you to a handful of key resources that will help you get started in finding information in Cardiology. With a highly selective list of books, journals, databases, websites, etc., we hope to get you headed in the right direction. You can also further explore by trying a Cardiology-related MetaFind search.


Books

Braunwald's heart disease

Clinical electrocardiography

Current diagnosis & treatment in cardiology
With 34 chapters ranging from cardiac disease diagnosis, detailed descriptions of all known common and rare heart conditions to evaluation and treatment of the perioperative patient.

Hurst's the heart


Databases

Cochrane library
Consists chiefly of 4 databases: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (CDSR); Database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness (DARE); Cochrane controlled trials register (CCTR); and Cochrane review methodology database (CRMD).

Images. MD
Consists of over 48,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine, all derived from Current Medicine's series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed explanatory text and citation of the source.

MD Consult
MD Consult Core Collection includes the full text of 40 medical reference texts, 78 journals, more than 1000 practice guidelines, 3500 patient education handouts, and prescribing information for over 30,000 medications. Additional features include: Today in Medicine, What Patients Are Reading, In This Week's Journals, Clinical Topic Tours, Drug Updates, CME and Student Union (with practice case studies).

PubMed
MEDLINE is the United States National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database providing citations to biomedical literature in the following fields: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, allied health, and the pre-clinical sciences.


EJournals

American journal of cardiology

Cardiology

Circulation

Clinical cardiology

International journal of cardiology


Websites

American College of Cardiology
This site offers a number of links to educational resources for medical students and CME, upcoming conferences, and clinical guidelines for cardiologists.

American Heart Association
This site provides a lot of information for consumers in addition to more clinically oriented information on heart diseases and conditions. For statistical data and reports, check the link on the left navigation to publications and resources. There are also a number of useful links to other cardiovascular health websites, related research centres and universities.



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