Portal:Cardiology
Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels.
Following the introduction of various invasive radiological procedures, interventional cardiology has emerged as a sub-speciality dealing specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Invasive procedures of the heart to treat arrhythmias are performed by specialists in clinical cardiac electrophysiology.
LIST OF TOPICS edit
Basic science of cardiology edit
Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system edit
Cardiovascular diseases edit
Coronary heart disease (CHD) edit
- Acute coronary syndrome (ACS): unstable angina, myocardial infarction
Valvular heart disease edit
Congenital heart disease edit
- Ventricular septum defect (VSD)
- Atrial septum defect (ASD)
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Hypoplastic left ventricle
Cardiomyopathies edit
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Arrythmogenic right ventricle
Cardiac inflammatory disease edit
Arrythmia edit
- Supraventricular arrythmia
- Ventricular arrythmia
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)