Related MeetingsCardiology
Cardiology is a specialty dealing with the structure, function, and disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The human heart is a complex organ, consisting of two ventricles and two atria. Coronary arteries feed the heart the blood it needs to sustain itself.
The field includes diagnosis and treatment of issues such as:
- Congenital heart defects
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart failure
- Valvular heart disease
- Rheumatic heart disease
The modern diagnostic tests in Cardiology, besides the ECG, include the echocardiogram; commonly referred to as an "echo". Some of the information that can be gathered by the echocardiogram includes the functional capacity of the heart as measured by its pumping ability, as well as heart valve anatomy and function, and finer details including vascular other structural anatomy.
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