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What is cardiology?
Cardiology is a medical specialty and a branch of internal medicine concerned with disorders of the heart. It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, electrophysiology, heart failure and vascular heart disease. Subspecialties of the cardiology field include cardiac electrophysiology, echocardiography, interventional cardiology and nuclear cardiology.
Cardiology Procedures
These procedures are used to evaluate and treat heart and blood vessel disease (cardiovascular disease or coronary artery disease). Talk with your doctor or heart care provider for more specific information.
Procedures for abnormal heart rhythms
- Catheter ablation
- Permanent pacemaker.
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
Procedures for heart disease
Cardiac catheterization.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- Balloon angioplasty.
- Coronary artery stent.
- Atherectomy.
- Laser angioplasty.
- Coronary artery bypasses graft.
- Minimally invasive heart surgery.
- Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP).
- Ventricular assist device (VAD).
- Heart transplant.
Procedures for valve disease
- Valvuloplasty.
- Valve repair.
- Valve replacement.
Tests to Diagnose Heart Problems
- Electrocardiogram (ECG).
- Stress test.
- Transthoracic echocardiogram (echo or TTE).
- Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE).
- Positron emission tomography (PET) scan.
- PET F-18 FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose) scan.
- Holter monitor.
- Event recorder.
- Implantable loop recorder.
- Tilt table test.
- Electrophysiology study.
- Cardiac catheterization (coronary angiogram).
- MRI of the heart.
APPOINMENT
Cardiology
Dr. Vijay Kumar B