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Cardiology Subject Guide
If you are working off the VA network, you will need use Remote Access to access these resources.
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Online Journals
Online Books
Clinical Databases
A sample of the online journals available in cardiology include:
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
- JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
- Circulation
- American Journal of Cardiology
To locate all online journals available to you, search your local library.
A sample of the online books available in cardiology include:
Braunwald's Heart Disease - Peter Libby
Publication Date: 2022
Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation, and Resynchronization Therapy - Kenneth A. Ellenbogen
Publication Date: 2017
The Echo Manual - Jae K. Oh
Publication Date: 2019
Hurst’s the Heart - Valentin Fuster
Publication Date: 2020
Textbook of Interventional Cardiology - Eric Topol
Publication Date: 202x
To locate all online books available to you, search your local library.
- 5 Minute Consult
5 Minute Consult is a point-of-care tool providing information to quickly guide clinicians in diagnosis, treatment, and management of 2,000+ clinical topics. It includes algorithms to decide on lab tests and/or procedures. Also included are videos to help PT staff demonstrate for patients, and customizable patient education handouts.
- Clinical Key
This clinical search engine includes access to full text books, journals, guidelines and multimedia. Contains Elsevier published content of 521 journals, 900+ clinical texts, procedure videos and much more.
- Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is a systematic reviews resource and includes the following: - Cochrane Clinical Answers
- Cochrane Library - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
- Cochrane Library - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
- NEJM Resident 360
NEJM Resident 360 is a website and discussion platform for residents featuring rotation prep materials, educational and interactive tools, and a Resident Lounge with professional growth and discussion opportunities.
- Pubmed
PubMed provides over 23 million citations for biomedical literature, including MEDLINE, life science journals and ebooks.
- Trip Database
The Trip Database searches curated content from vetted evidence-based sources, such as Cochrane, AHRQ, BMJ Best Practice, and federal agencies, to deliver top-tier, evidence-based healthcare information. Results are sorted into evidence-based pyramid categories for quick identification of guidelines, synopses, systematic reviews, and more.
- UpToDate (use if on the VA computer network)
UpToDate is a guided evidence-based, clinical decision-making solution with dynamic and interactive algorithms as well as lab monographs.
For remote access use https://www.uptodate.com with your UTD username/password. Tip Sheet for CME/Remote Access Registration
Please check with your local library for additional databases in your subject area.
