Cardiology

Blood flow diagram of the human heart. Blue components indicate de-oxygenated blood pathways and red components indicate oxygenated blood pathways.
System	Cardiovascular
Subdivisions	Interventional, Nuclear
Significantdiseases	Heart disease, Cardiovascular disease, Atherosclerosis,Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Significanttests	Blood tests, Electrophysiology study, Cardiac imaging, ECG,Echocardiograms, Stress test
Specialist	Cardiologist

Cardiology (from Greek καρδίᾱ kardiā, "heart" and -λογία -logia, "study") is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart be it human or animal. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart diseaseand electrophysiology. Physicians who specialize in this field of medicine are called cardiologists, a specialty of internal medicine. Pediatric cardiologists are pediatricians who specialize in cardiology. Physicians who specialize in cardiac surgery are called cardiothoracic surgeons orcardiac surgeons, a specialty of general surgery.

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