Vascular Disease Awareness Month - September 2019

The understanding of vascular disease and how it can affect our lives; by the general public, is often poor. The Circulation Foundation strives to highlight and promote awareness of vascular disease to the general public, so that everyone understands how important their work is. Vascular disease is the collective term for diseases of the arteries, veins and lymphatics. Every part of the body to which blood flows can be affected by it. It’s as common as cancer and heart disease and accounts for 40% of deaths in the UK, many of which are preventable.

Arterial diseases include: Peripheral vascular disease, Aneurysmal disease, Carotid disease and Stroke, Leg ulcers

Venous diseases include: Varicose veins, Leg ulcers, Deep vein thrombosis

Lymphatic disease include: Lymphoedema

For more information surrounding vascular disease please visit the NHS Choices and Circulation Foundation websites:

https://www.nhs.uk/search/?q=vascular+disease

https://www.circulationfoundation.org.uk/vascular-disease-awareness-month

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES

For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of, and supporting those who suffer from vascular diseases, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resources related to the subject. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.

BOOKS:

• Peripheral vascular disease in primary care / Anita Sharma Joanne Whitmore; Adele Marie Scimone, 2011 [London: Radcliffe]
• ABC of arterial and venous disease / Tim England and Akhtar Nasim (editors), 2015, 3rd edition [Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell] (Keele and NHS e-book access to 2^nd edition). E-book of earlier edition also available.
• Vascular cognitive impairment in clinical practice / Lars-Olof Wahlund; Timo Erkinjuntti; Serge Gauthier. 2009 [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press]
• Cardiology in a heartbeat / Amar Vaswani editor., 2016 [Banbury, UK : Scion Publishing Limited] (Keele and NHS e-book access)
• Cardiovascular disease in the elderly : a practical manual / Rosaire Gray Louise Pack, 2010 [Oxford: Oxford University Press]
• Vascular disease : a handbook for nurses / Haytham. Al-Khaffaf and Sharon Dorgan, 2005 [Cambridge : Cambridge University Press]
• Understanding venous reflux : the cause of varicose veins and venous leg ulcers / Mark S. Whiteley, 2013, [Guildford: Whiteley Publishing]
• Diseases of the lymphatics / Norman Browse, Kevin G Burnand and Peter S Mortimer, 2003 [Sevenoaks: Edward Arnold]
• Mechanisms of vascular disease : a reference book for vascular specialists / Robert Fitridge and Matthew Thompson (editors) 2011 [Adelaide : The University of Adelaide Press] – Ebook
• Stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation / J. David Spence and Henry J. M Barnett, 2012 [New York : McGraw-Hill Medical]

JOURNALS:

• Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ( Formerly : Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis), Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins ; Stanford : HighWire Press [Available as a Keele & NHS ejournal 1981 onwards with 1 year embargo].
• Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, New York, NY : Hindawi Publishing Corporation  [Available as a Keele & NHS ejournal 2011 onwards].
• Journal of vascular nursing, New York : Elsevier [Available as a Keele ejournal 1995 onwards].
• International journal of vascular medicine, New York, NY : Hindawi Pub. Corp. [Available as a Keele & NHS ejournal 2010 onwards].
• Angiology, Glen Head, N.Y. : Westminster Publications [Available as a Keele ejournal 1999 onwards, and as a NHS ejournal 1998 - 2005.]
• World Journal of Cardiology, Pleasanton, USA : Baishideng Publishing Group Inc [Available as a NHS ejournal 2009 onwards.]

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

• Ivey, Kerry L ; Lewis, Joshua R ; Prince, Richard L ; Hodgson, Jonathan M, “Tea and non-tea flavonol intakes in relation to atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality in older women”, British Journal of Nutrition, 2013, Vol.110(9), pp.1648-1655. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals]
• Boss, Myrthe, H. ; Kappelle, Jaap, L. ; Van Der Graaf, et al, “Physical Activity and Vascular Events and Mortality in Patients with Vascular Disease”, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2015, Vol.47(11), pp.2359-2365. [Available via Keele ejournals]
• Levy, Philip T. ; Patel, Meghna D. ; Choudhry, Swati ; Hamvas, Aaron ; Singh, Gautam K. “Evidence of Echocardiographic Markers of Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Asymptomatic Infants Born Preterm at One Year of Age”, The Journal of Pediatrics, 2018, Vol.197, pp.48-56.e2. [Available via Keele ejournals and for UHNM via Clinical Key]
• Lugtenburg, Astrid ; Oude Voshaar, Richard C ; Van Zelst, Willeke et al, “The relationship between depression and executive function and the impact of vascular disease burden in younger and older adults”, Age and Ageing, 2017, Vol. 46(4), pp.697-701. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals]
• Kamboj, Laveena ; Oh, Paul ; Levine, Mitchell ; Kammila, Srinu et al, “Cost effectiveness of a systematic guidelines-based approach to the prevention and management of vascular disease in a primary care setting”, International Journal of Cardiology, 2016, Vol.203, pp.893-899. [Available via Keele ejournals and for UHNM via Clinical Key]
• Clement, D.L.; Belch, J.J., “Vascular disease public education: the mandate is international.”, International Angiology, 2004, Vol.23(1), pp.1-4. [Available via NHS ejournals]
• Canavan, M. et al., “Vascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease and functional impairment in community-dwelling adults.”, Gerontology. 2014; Vol.60(3), pp.212-21. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals]

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:

NHS website

• ‘Vascular disease’ search results https://www.nhs.uk/search/?collection=nhs-meta&query=vascular%20disease&start_rank=21

NHS website can also be search for individual conditions such as:

• Peripheral vascular disease https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/peripheral-arterial-disease-pad/
• Deep vein thrombosis https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis-dvt/

Circulation Foundation https://www.circulationfoundation.org.uk/help-advice
Patient Info – ‘vascular disease’ search results https://patient.info/search.asp?searchTerm=vascular+disease&collections=All

CURRENT AWARENESS:

Health Library current awareness service

• Cardiology https://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northstaffs#Cardiology

LERC current awareness service

• Cardiology https://www.protopage.com/pgmclibrary#Cardiology