Cardiology
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Occupation | |
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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
- 1 The Cardiac Muscle
- 2 Disorders of the heart
- 3 Disorders of the coronary circulation
- 4 Cardiac arrest
- 5 Disorders of the myocardium (muscle of the heart)
- 6 Disorders of the pericardium (outer lining of the heart)
- 7 Disorders of the heart valves
- 8 Congenital heart disease
- 9 Diseases of blood vessels (Vascular diseases)
- 10 Procedures done for coronary artery disease
- 11 Devices used in cardiology
- 12 Diagnostic tests and procedures
- 13 See also
- 14 External links
The Cardiac Muscle
Cardiac pacemaker (Electrical system of the heart)
- Electrical conduction system of the heart
- Sinoatrial node
- Atrioventricular node
- Bundle of His
- Purkinje fibers
- Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Basic cardiac physiology
Disorders of the heart
Disorders of the coronary circulation
- Atherosclerosis
- Restenosis
- Coronary heart disease (Ischaemic heart disease, Coronary artery disease)
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Angina
- Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)
Cardiac arrest
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Pulseless electrical activity
- Asystole
- Sudden cardiac death (The abrupt reduction or cessation of blood flow to the myocardium, leading to death)
Treatment of cardiac arrest
Disorders of the myocardium (muscle of the heart)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Nonischemic cardiomyopathy
- Amyloid cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS))
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
- Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (Transient apical ballooning, stress-induced cardiomyopathy)
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy)
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Congestive heart failure
- Ventricular hypertrophy
- Primary tumors of the heart
- Myocardial rupture
Disorders of the pericardium (outer lining of the heart)
Disorders of the heart valves
- Aortic valve disorders and treatments:
- Mitral valve disorders and treatments:
- Pulmonary valve disorders:
- Tricuspid valve disorders
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW syndrome)
Congenital heart disease
- Atrial septal defect
- Ventricular septal defect
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Bicuspid aortic valve
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great vessels (TGV)
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Truncus Arteriosus
Diseases of blood vessels (Vascular diseases)
- Vasculitis
- Atherosclerosis
- Aneurysm
- Varicose veins
- Economy class syndrome
- Diseases of the aorta
- Diseases of the carotid arteries
Procedures done for coronary artery disease
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Atherectomy
- Angioplasty (PTCA)
- Stenting
- Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
- Enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP)
Devices used in cardiology
- Stethoscope
- Devices used to maintain normal electrical rhythm
- Devices used to maintain blood pressure
Diagnostic tests and procedures
- Blood tests
- Echocardiogram
- Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- Cardiac stress test
- Auscultation (Listening with the Stethoscope)
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Ambulatory Holter monitor
- Electrophysiology study
- Sphygmomanometer (Blood pressure cuff)
- Cardiac enzymes
- Coronary catheterization
- Myocardial Fractional Flow Reserve (FFRmyo)
- IVUS (IntraVascular UltraSound)
- OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography)
See also
- Interventional cardiology
- Clinical cardiac electrophysiology
- American Heart Association
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents
External links
- U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) : Heart and Circulation
- American College of Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Physiology - basic concepts in cardiology.
- Preventive Cardiology
- A cardiac atlas using CMR images
- Cardiology PPT
- Cardiology Videos from the American Medical Videos Journal
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