What exactly is cardiology?
What exactly is cardiology?
Cardiology is the internal medicine branch that deals with the diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
It comprises the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, cardiac electrophysiology, heart failure, and heart valve disease.
What exactly is cardiology?
The primary function of the cardiovascular system is to pump oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout the body.This vital task exposes the fact that cardiovascular diseases can affect every part of our body.
Cardiovascular disease most often arises as a result of atherosclerosis, i.e., a condition where fat cells accumulate are deposited in blood vessel walls following the elevation of harmful fat particle levels in the blood.
There exist a large number of cardiovascular disorders in the field of cardiology that we examine and treat at our cardiology clinic.
Broader categories of cardiology disorders include cardiac arrest, myocardium or heart muscle diseases, pericardium or outer heart membrane diseases, heart valve disease, congenital heart defects, blood vessel disease or vascular disease, including aneurysms, deep vein thrombosis, varicose veins, vasculitis, and others.
All of these conditions are examined and treated by specialists in the field of the cardiovascular system – cardiologists.
Cardiologists can diagnose certain cardiac diseases simply by carrying out a clinical examination.For a more detailed examination, cardiologists employ the use of blood tests, ECG, ultrasound examination of the heart, stress testing and many other tests.
When to visit cardiology clinic?
When to visit cardiology clinic?
Cardiovascular disease symptoms that bring patients to a cardiologist include shortness of breath, rapid fatigue, persistent and stubborn cough, difficulty breathing during sleep, swelling of the body, and pain behind the sternum or in the neck.
Examinations at cardiology clinic?
Examinations at cardiology clinic?
At the Aristotel Cardiology Clinic, we use state-of-the-art equipment in order to accurately assess heart and vascular function, enabling cardiologists to make the most accurate diagnoses possible.
We employ ECG to check your heart’s function and ultrasound of the heart and blood vessels to examine the structure of the heart, heart valves, and neck veins.
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