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Cardiologist
Occupation
Names Doctor, Medical Specialist
Type Specialty
Activity sectors Medicine
Description
Education required Doctor of Medicine
Fields of employment Hospitals, Clinics
Average salary $400,000

Cardiology (from Greek καρδίᾱ, kardiā, "heart"; and -λογία, -logia) is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart. The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called cardiologists. Cardiologists should not be confused with cardiac surgeons, cardiothoracic and cardiovascular, who are surgeons who perform cardiac surgery via sternotomy - open operative procedures on the heart and great vessels.

The term cardiology is derived from the Greek word καρδιά (transliterated as kardia and meaning heart or inner self).

Contents

[edit] The Cardiac Muscle

Main articles: heart and human heart

[edit] Cardiac pacemaker (Electrical system of the heart)

[edit] Basic cardiac physiology


A diagram of a heart with an ECG indicator; diagrams like this are used in Cardiology.

[edit] Disorders of the heart

Main article: Heart Disease

[edit] Disorders of the coronary circulation

[edit] Cardiac arrest

[edit] Treatment of cardiac arrest

[edit] Disorders of the myocardium (muscle of the heart)

[edit] Disorders of the pericardium (outer lining of the heart)

[edit] Disorders of the heart valves


[edit] Congenital heart disease

[edit] Diseases of blood vessels (Vascular diseases)

[edit] Procedures done for coronary artery disease

[edit] Devices used in cardiology

[edit] Diagnostic tests and procedures

Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)

[edit] Cardiac pharmaceutical agents

The followings are medications commonly prescribed in cardiology:

[edit] See also


[edit] External links

[1]- Cardiology PPT

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Specialties
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subspecialties

Allergy/Immunology Â· Andrology Â· Angiology (Vascular Medicine) Â· Cardiology Â· Endocrinology Â· Gastroenterology (Hepatology) Â· Geriatrics Â· Hematology Â· Infectious disease Â· Nephrology Â· Oncology Â· Pulmonology Â· Rheumatology
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Other specialties
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Circulatory system: Arteries and veins (TA A12.0, GA 6.543/GA 7.641)
Systemic circulation
(Heart, left side) â†’ Aorta â†’ Arteries â†’ Arterioles â†’ Capillaries â†’ Venules â†’ Veins â†’ Vena cava â†’ (Heart, right side)
Pulmonary circulation
(Heart, right side) â†’ Pulmonary arteries â†’ (Lungs) â†’ Pulmonary vein â†’ (Heart, left side)
Blood vessels
Arteries
Veins
Lymphatic

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiology"

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