It’s National Heart Month so here is just a small selection of resources available to support cardiovascular health.
Explore our full range on our website. Some online resources require an NHS OpenAthens password; register at: http://openathens.nice.org.uk/
Pop in to our libraries to see our National Heart Month displays of posters and leaflets to use with your patients.
Books
McLaughlin M A S. Cardiovascular care made incredibly visual! 3rd ed. 2019
Ormerod J O M. Oxford specialist handbooks in cardiology: pacemakers and ICDs. 2nd ed. 2019
MacGregor G A. Fast facts: Hypertension. 5th ed. 2016
E Books
Topol E J. Textbook of interventional cardiology. 8th ed. 2020
Pappano A J. Cardiovascular physiology. 11th ed 2019
Braunwald E. Braunwald’s heart disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicine. 11th ed 2019.
Mann D L. Heart failure: a companion to Braunwald’s heart disease. 4th ed 2020
Brown D. Cardiac intensive care. 3rd ed. 2019
Journals
Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases
European Heart Journal (Contact library staff for password)
Journal of Cardiology
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
Progress in Cardi
ovascular Diseases
Evidence searches carried out on Cardiovascular
We provide evidence to inform patient care, service improvement, research and clinical teaching. Recent searches we’ve provided include:
- Link between chest infections and heart disease
- The effect of group class exercise for patients recovering from a heart condition
- Does vascular compliance serve as a useful marker for predicting future stroke in TIA patients?
- Neurological prognostication after cardiac arrest
- Recent reviews/meta-analyses on ageing and the cardiovascular system
- Treatment of atrial fibrillation post cardiac surgery
- Nursing management of neonatal cardiovascular disorders
- Latest English language hypertension guidelines
- White coat hypertension and small vessel disease or white matter hyperintensity
Web and other resources
The British Heart Foundation funds research into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. The world’s biggest killers are connected. Conditions like heart diseases, stroke, vascular dementia are all linked by the blood not flowing properly. Their research starts with the heart, but they are also unlocking the connections between heart and circulatory diseases and their risk factors.
Their booklets, guides and leaflets help the public learn more about a condition and how it is treated. They also have publications for healthcare professionals to support.
