cardiology

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Cardiology is the study of the heart. The cardiology department in the hospital deals with the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired disorders and diseases of the heart, the vessels near the heart and the blood circulation.

The most important cardiac diseases include:

• Heart attack
• Valvular heart disease
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Heart failure (heart failure)
• Coronary artery disease (coronary artery disease)
• Inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis)

Cardiologists use various examination methods to identify such cardiac diseases. These include, for example, measuring and electrical cardiac activity (electrocardiography, EKG), cardiac catheter examinations, cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography) and computed tomography of the heart (heart CT).

Therapeutic measures in the cardiology department of a hospital are for example:

• Basic intensive care
• Insertion of pacemakers
• Therapy of constricted coronary arteries using stents, PTCA
• Therapy of cardiac arrhythmias with drugs or surgery

Incidentally, surgical interventions on the heart fall into the field of cardiac surgery.

Children with heart disease are treated in special pediatric cardiology departments in Germany.

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