CVT Standards

The standards and guidelines used to accredit programs that prepare individuals to enter the profession of cardiovascular technology.  Published by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

CathLab.com

This site is loaded with relevant information for the field of invasive cardiovascular technology; it is one of the most popular sites for students, graduates, and working professionals.

Guidant

Makes a wide range of cardiology medical devices from stents to hold a vessel wall open to implantable defibrillators for patients having experienced sudden death.

Medtronic, Inc.

Started as a pacemaker company; it has moved into many other cardiology product arenas including endovascular stents.

The Auscultation Assistant

Hear Heart Murmurs, Heart Sounds, and Breath Sounds

Heart Beats (Synapse Publishing Inc.)

Heart beats, heart sounds.

Normal and Abnormal EKGs and Heart Sounds

EKGs and heart sounds.

Cardiology Links on the Internet

Cardio Info Innovations has categorized thousands of links to cardiology-related sites, as well as general medical information, nursing and radiologic sites.  There are also links to search engines useful for tracking down medical-related Internet sites.

Framingham Heart Study Links

Large collection of links to cardiology organizations, news and information, and online publications.

American Heart Association

The official site of the American Heart Association's Emergency Cardiovascular Care Program.  Provides information about CPR and AED (automated external defibrillation). Includes the online edition of Currents, the quarterly newsletter.

The Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals

A nonprofit organization that has been established to support the quality of patient care.  Very active in continuing education and for anyone working in the catheterization lab.

Cath Lab Digest

Product, news, and clinical updates for the cardiac catheretization laboratory specialist. Selected full-text for current year's issues available online.

CHEST: The Cardiopulmonary & Critical Care Journal

Provides the tables of contents and articles from 1995 to the present.  Article abstracts are available from 1974.  CHEST is also available in the Periodical Room of the Allegheny Campus Library.  Full-text articles only available from CCAC computers.

Free Medical Journals.com

A weekly updated overview of free medical full-text journals, this directory lists biomedical journals that make some or all of their articles freely available online and gives the timetable for their availability.  The metasite presents over 800 titles sorted alphabetically or by specialty.  Find free trials, free archives, and foreign-language titles.

The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine

This is a peer-reviewed journal.  All articles are archived by Internet Scientific Publications and are available at this site in full-text.  At the beginning of each article is a sample citation of the article for reference.

The Journal of Invasive Cardiology

The official journal of the International Andreas Gruentzig Society. The journal has 5 special sections: Electrophysiology Corner, Medical Informatics, Practice Management & Economics, Vascular Brachytherapy, and Intervention in Peripheral Vascular Disease. Current issues are avavailable full-text online.

Articles

The Library provides access to health related periodical and reference databases, including CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition.

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