Cardiovascular Disease in Women

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability in American women over 50.  Many women do not realize they are at risk because signs of heart disease in women appear about 10 years later than for men.  It is important to be aware of  the risk factors, and that behavior to modify some risk factors can help prevent heart disease in women.

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  

Douglas, Pamela S. (ed.). Cardiovascular health and disease in women. 2nd ed.
        WG 100 C273 2002

Youngkin, Quinn and Marcia Szmania Davis   Women's health: a primary care clinical guide.  3rd ed.  p.680-93.
        WA 300 W653  2004

Lemcke, Dawn P. et al  (eds.).  Current care of women: diagnosis & treatment. p.245-67.
        WA 309 P745 2004

Carlson, Karen J. et al. The new Harvard guide to women's health. p.267-71
        CONSUMER HEALTH WA  309 C274 2004

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Fuster, Valentin et al (eds.).  Hurst's the heart.  10th ed. v.2 p. 2357-2371.
        REF 100 H4 2001

Heller Gary V. and Robert C. Hendel (eds).  Nuclear cardiology : practical applications. p.77-84.
        WG 141.5 .R3 N482 2004

Sutherland, John. Blackwell's primary care essentials : cardiology.  p.221-35
        WG 39 S873 2001

Roberts, Barbara H. How to keep from breaking your heart : what every women needs to know about cardiovascular disease.
        CONSUMER  HEALTH  WG 210 R623 2004

Selected textbooks

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

Yates, Beverly  Heart health for black women: a natural approach to healing and preventing heart disease.
        CONSUMER HEALTH  WG 210 Y274 2000

Goldman, Marlene B. and Maureen C. Hatch (eds.).  Women and health. p. 753-839
        WA 309 W6532 2000

Genazzani, A.R. (ed.).  Hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease. 
        WG 166 H675 2001

More books 

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Women's Health 
Coronary Disease

Selected journals 

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog  

Suggested subject headings: Women's Health - Periodicals
Cardiology - Periodicals
Cardiovascular Diseases - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts  

Index Medicus & MEDLINE  (Off Campus Login Required)

Suggested subject headings: Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Disease
Coronary Disease
Women's health

Academic Search Premier  (Off Campus Login Required)

Search using keywords: Cardiovascular System
Coronary Heart Disease
Heart Diseases
Women

CINAHL  (Off Campus Login Required)

Suggested Subject headings: Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Heart Diseases
Coronary Disease
Women's health

Selected journal articles  

Dougherty PL et al. Cardiovascular disease.  Why women need to get serious about heart health now.  AWOHNN Lifelines. 2006 May-Jun; 21(3):201-7.

Cabana MD et al. Physician adherence to preventive cardiology guidelines for women. Women's health issues  2003;  13(4):142-9.

Mosca L et al.  National study on women's awareness, preventive action, and barriers to cardiovascular health.   Circulation.  2006; 113(6): 525-34.

Robinson, JG et al..  Elderly women diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain may be at increased cardiovascular risk. Journal of women's health  2006 Dec; 15(10):1151-60.  

More reference sources

Breslin, Eileen T. and Vicki A. Lucas (eds.).  Women's health nursing: toward evidence-based practice. p.628-659
        WY 18.2 W653 2003

Lee Richard V. et al (eds.). Medical care of the pregnant patient. p.345-386
        WQ 240 M434 2000

Specialized sources

Department of Medicine.  601-984-5770.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center,  Jackson
        Marion R. Wofford, MD  mwofford@medicine.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

American Heart Association. Women & Cardiovascular Disease
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200011

The National Coalition for Women and Heart Disease
http://www.womenheart.org

The National Women's Health Information Center. Heart Health and Stroke. women's health.gov.
http://www.4women.gov/heart/

NLM. MedlinePlus. Heart Disease in Women
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseaseinwomen.html

NHLBI: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. WHI: Women's Health Initiative
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/background.htm

NOAH: New York Online Access to Health. Women and Heart Disease
http://www.noah-health.org/en/blood/disease/complications/women.html

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