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Cardiovascular System

Classify general works on the cardiovascular system and its diseases in children in WS 290.
Classify cardiovascular nursing in WY 152.5.
Classify works on nursing of patients with specific diseases in WY also.
Classify works on blood supply of specific parts of other body systems with the system or part.

WG 1-113 Reference Works. General Works

WG 120-170 Cardiovascular Diseases, Diagnosis and Therapeutics

WG 200-460 Heart. Heart Diseases

WG 500-700 Blood Vessels. Vascular Diseases

WG 500 Blood Vessels (General)

WG 510-595 Arteries

WG 600-700 Veins. Capillaries

Reference Works. General Works

WG 1

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Includes membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WG 22.; Classify annual reports, journals, etc. in W1. For academies and institutes, see WG 23-24.

Collected works (General)

WG 5

By several authors

WG 7

By individual authors

WG 9

Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)

WG 11

History (Table G)

WG 11.1

General coverage (Not Table G)

WG 13

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 15

Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 16

Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 17

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.

WG 18

Education

Classify here works about education.

WG 18.2

Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WG 19

Schools, colleges, and specialized departments and facilities
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 20

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject. Cf. WG 110 Experimental studies.

WG 21

Cardiology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

WG 22

Directories (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 22.1

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

Institutes, academies. Laboratories of experimental research

WG 23

Collective

WG 24

Individual (Cutter from name of institution)

WG 25

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Cf. WG 140 for clinical examination and diagnosis.

WG 26

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26. Classify works on artificial and mechanical hearts in WG 169.5. Classify works on artificial pacemakers here. Cf. WG 168 for artificial cardiac pacing.

WG 26.5

Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc.

WG 27

Collective (Table G)

WG 27.1

General coverage (Not Table G)

WG 28

Individual (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table G)

Museums, exhibitions, etc.

WG 28.5

Collective

WG 28.6

Individual (Cutter from name of museum, etc.)

WG 32

Laws (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 32.1

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 33

Discussion of law (Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 33.1

General coverage (Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 39

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials)

WG 100

General works

Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WG 120.

WG 101

Anatomy. Histology. Embryology

WG 102

Physiology. Biochemistry

WG 103

Circulation (General)

Classify works on blood circulation of a system or part with system or part.

WG 104

Microcirculation (General)

WG 106

Hemodynamics. Blood velocity, volume, pressure, etc.

Classify works on hypertension and hypotension in WG 340; on measurement of blood pressure in clinical diagnosis in WB 280.

WG 110

Experimental studies

Classify here works that discuss the experimental work itself. Classify works about research in WG 20. Classify works on specific subjects by subject.

WG 113

Popular works

Classify here works on heart and vascular diseases in general or on coronary disease and congestive heart failure in particular. Classify works on other specific disorders with the disorder.

Cardiovascular Diseases, Diagnosis and Therapeutics

WG 120

Cardiovascular diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

WG 140

Electrocardiography. Vectorcardiography. Monitoring (General)

WG 141

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods (General and heart specifically)

WG 141.5

Specific diagnostic methods, A-Z

WG 141.5.A3

Angiocardiography. Angioscopy

WG 141.5.A9

Auscultation, Heart

WG 141.5.B2

Ballistocardiography

WG 141.5.C15

Cardiography, Impedance

WG 141.5.C2

Catheterization, Heart

WG 141.5.E2

Echocardiography

Classify works on fetal echocardiography in WQ 209.

WG 141.5.F9

Function tests, Heart (General or not else classified)

WG 141.5.K5

Kinetocardiography

WG 141.5.K9

Kymography

WG 141.5.M2

Magnetic resonance imaging

WG 141.5.P4

Phonocardiography

WG 141.5.P7

Plethysmography

WG 141.5.R2

Radiography (General)

Radionuclide imaging

Tomography

Pathology

Therapeutics (General and heart specifically)

Classify works on drugs acting on the cardiovascular system in QV 150.

WG 166.5

Specific therapeutic methods, A-Z

WG 166.5.A3

Angioplasty

WG 166.5.A5

Angioplasty, Laser

WG 166.5.B2

Balloon angioplasty. Balloon dilation. Balloon occlusion

WG 168

Cardiovascular surgery. Artificial cardiac pacing

Classify works on surgery for a particular disorder with the disorder.

WG 169

Heart surgery. Heart transplantation

Classify works on surgery of coronary vessels in general, heart valves, myocardium, etc., here. Classify works on surgery of the aorta in WG 410. Classify works on surgery of a particular disorder with the disorder.

WG 169.5

Artificial heart. Heart-lung machine

WG 170

Vascular surgery

Classify works on surgery of arteries and veins in general here. Cf. WG 410 Aorta and numbers for other specific vessels.

Heart. Heart Diseases

WG 200

General works

Note that popular works are classed in WG 113; works on examination, in WG 140-141.5; on general therapeutics, WG 166-166.5; on surgery, in WG 169-169.5.

WG 201

Anatomy. Histology. Embryology

WG 202

Physiology. Heart beat mechanism

WG 205

Cardiac emergencies

WG 210

Heart diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

WG 220

Congenital heart disease. Abnormalities of the heart and the cardiovascular system (General)

WG 240

Rheumatic heart disease

Valves

Mitral

Aortic

Tricuspid

Pulmonary

Pericardium

Myocardium

Classify material on myocardial infarct in WG 300.

WG 285

Endocardium

WG 298

Angina pectoris

WG 300

Coronary vessels. Coronary disease

WG 320

Functional heart disease
(e.g., Neurocirculatory asthenia)

WG 330

Disorders of the heart beat

WG 340

Hypertension. Hypertensive heart disease. Hypotension

WG 370

Heart failure

WG 410

Aorta

Cf. WC 168 for aortic involvement in syphilis.

WG 420

Pulmonary embolism and related disorders. Pulmonary heart disease

WG 460

Special cardiac problems in anesthesia, dentistry, surgery
(e.g., Choice of anesthetic)

Cf. WO 235 for general works on choice of anesthetic. Classify works on problems in pregnancy in WQ 244; in labor specifically in WQ 330.

Blood Vessels. Vascular Diseases

Classify works on blood supply of the extremities here, but classify works on blood supply of specific parts of other body systems with that system or part. Classify works on coronary vessels in WG 300; on the aorta specifically in WG 410; on circulation in WG 103-104; on vascular resistance in WG 106; on vascular surgery in WG 170.