Description

The Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine is a four-volume major reference work edited by Ramachandran S. Vasan and Douglas B. Sawyer and published by Elsevier in December 2017. This 1st edition runs to about 2,800 pages and, according to the publisher, offers researchers over 200 articles covering every aspect of cardiovascular research and medicine. This bundle gives you all four volumes together, so you can move from basic science to clinical topics within a single reference.

Who needs the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine

• Cardiovascular researchers and PhD students who need authoritative overviews outside their immediate area.
• Clinician-scientists and cardiology fellows preparing grant proposals, theses or journal clubs.
• Academic lecturers building teaching material on cardiovascular topics.
• Medical libraries and research groups looking for a broad reference collection.

If you are writing a review or thesis chapter, our guide on how to write a medical literature review shows how to use reference works as a starting point before moving to primary studies.

How the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine is organised

An encyclopedia is built from stand-alone articles rather than chapters meant to be read in sequence. The publisher states that the work contains over 200 articles spanning cardiovascular research and medicine, spread across four volumes. Each article can be consulted on its own, which suits readers who need a reliable overview of an unfamiliar topic before reading the primary literature. In that sense, the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine works like a curated map of the field: it helps you understand the vocabulary, key questions and main lines of evidence of a topic, so that the research papers you read next make sense.

To see the full list of articles and how they are grouped across the volumes, browse the table of contents in the online FlipBook preview on this page.

About this edition

This page offers the 1st edition, published by Elsevier in 2017 (ISBN-13 9780128096574), as a bundle of volumes 1 to 4. Research moves fast, and articles reflect the state of knowledge at the time of writing. Use the encyclopedia for background and concepts, then check recent publications for the latest findings.

Getting the most from a 2,800-page reference

Nobody reads the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine from cover to cover. Treat it as a tool you query:

1. Search, don’t read. Use the PDF search function to find every article that touches your topic, then read those in full.
2. Follow the references. Each article is a gateway: note the key studies it cites and retrieve them for your own work.
3. Keep a topic log. Record which articles you consulted and what you took from them, so your citations and notes stay organised.

To retrieve and update the studies cited in each article, use PubMed, the reference database of biomedical literature.

Format, preview and access

For a multi-volume work, full-text search is the main advantage of a PDF; see PDF vs EPUB for medical textbooks.

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Frequently asked questions

Does this bundle include all four volumes?

Yes. The product covers volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine, around 2,800 pages in print.

Is it a clinical textbook or a research reference?

It is primarily a research-oriented reference that also covers medicine. Clinicians preparing for examinations will usually prefer a textbook or board review.

Is access to the publisher’s online platform included?

No. You receive the PDF eBook; publisher platforms, activation codes and supplementary resources are not included.

When is it available?

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