Cardiology

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Heart

Cardiology is a branch of the internal medicine and is the study of the heart, blood vessels and circulatory system. The origin of the term cardiology is from Greek Cardio which means heart and Logos which means study. As cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in many countries including the United States, the field of cardiology plays a pre-eminent role in health care. The physicians, and other health care providers that care for patients with cardiovascular diseases are called cardiologists. One of the most common heart diseases in the Western World is called coronary artery disease (CAD), caused by blood flow due to atherosclerosis that can cause a heart attack.

Branches of cardiology

• Adult cardiology
  • Cardiac electrophysiology – study of the electrical properties and conduction diseases of the heart.
    • Clinical cardiac electrophysiology –
  • Cardiogeriatrics (geriatric cardiology) –
  • Cardiac-oncology –
  • Echocardiography – use of ultrasound to study the mechanical function/physics of the heart.
  • Interventional cardiology – use of catheters for the treatment of structural and ischemic diseases of the heart.
  • Nuclear cardiology – use of nuclear medicine to visualize the uptake of an isotope by the heart using radioactive sources.
• Pediatric cardiology

Overview of cardiology

Outline of cardiology Anatomy of the heart Cardiology physical examination Cardiac drugs Cardiac tests Symptoms of heart disease Risk factors for heart disease

Cardiology organizations

• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• Heart Rhythm Society
• Indian Heart Association
• National Heart Foundation of Australia

Procedures

• Biventricular pacing

• Blood tests

• Cardiac catheterization

• Cardiac electrophysiology

• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance

• Carotid artery ultrasound

• Defibrillation

• Dobutamine nuclear imaging

• Echocardiogram

• Electrocardiogram

• Holter monitor

• Pacemaker implantation

• Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

• Pulse palpation and auscultation

• Rotational atherectomy

• Sphygmomanometer

• Stress tests

• Thrombolytic therapy

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Choosing the right cardiologist

Journals

Some of the common journals cardiologists follow include:

1. The American Journal of Cardiology
2. Journal of the American College of Cardiology
3. Circulation (journal)
4. European Heart Journal
5. Journal of the American Heart Association
6. Nature Reviews Cardiology
7. JAMA Cardiology

List of heart diseases

Cardiovascular diseases

A

• Accelerated idioventricular rhythm

• Acute decompensated heart failure

• Arteriosclerotic heart disease

• Athletic heart syndrome

• Atrial flutter

• Atrioventricular fistula

• Cardiovascular disease in Australia

• Autoimmune heart disease

B

• Bernheim syndrome

• Brown atrophy of the heart

C

• Ebb Cade

• Cardiac allograft vasculopathy

• Cardiac amyloidosis

• Cardiac asthma

• Cardiac tamponade

• Cardiogenic shock

• Cardiorenal syndrome

• Cardiotoxicity

• Carditis

• Coronary artery aneurysm

• Coronary artery anomaly

• Coronary artery disease

• Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

• Coronary artery ectasia

• Coronary occlusion

• Coronary steal

• Coronary thrombosis

• Coronary vasospasm

• Cœur en sabot

• Coxsackievirus-induced cardiomyopathy

D

• Duke Treadmill Score

• Duroziez's disease

E

• Eisenmenger's syndrome

• Embryocardia

• Endocardial fibroelastosis

• Eosinophilic myocarditis

H

• Heart failure

• Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

• Heart to Heart (1949 film)

• High-output heart failure

• Hyperdynamic precordium

I

• Idiopathic giant-cell myocarditis

• Interventricular dyssynchrony

• Intraventricular dyssynchrony

• Isolated atrial amyloidosis

K

• Keshan disease

L

• Loeffler endocarditis

M

• Mydicar

• Myocardial bridge

• Myocardial disarray

• Myocardial rupture

• Myocardial scarring

• Myocardial stunning

• Myocarditis

N

• Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

O

• Ostial disease

P

• Papillary fibroelastoma

• Pathophysiology of heart failure

• Postpericardiotomy syndrome

• Pulmonary vein stenosis

R

• Right axis deviation

• Right ventricular hypertrophy

• Roemheld syndrome

S

• Saturated fat and cardiovascular disease

• Strain pattern

• Structural heart disease

• Subacute bacterial endocarditis

• Sudden cardiac death of athletes

T

• Traumatic cardiac arrest

V

• Ventricular aneurysm

• Vibroacoustic disease

• Viral cardiomyopathy

Cardiology publications

• Acta Cardiologica
• American Journal of Cardiology
• Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Cardiology
• Cardiology in Review
• Circulation
• Circulation Research
• Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
• Clinical Cardiology
• EP – Europace
• European Heart Journal
• Experimental & Clinical Cardiology
• Heart
• Heart Rhythm
• International Journal of Cardiology
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

See also

• Outline of cardiology
• List of cardiac pharmaceutical agents

External links

• American Heart Association

Resources

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