Cardiology

Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The field is commonly divided in the branches of coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called cardiologists. Cardiology - Anatomy & physiology. Cardiology - Basic anatomy Structure of the heart. Epicardium Pericardium Myocardi ...

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Cardiology - Anatomy & physiology

Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures The diagnostic tests in cardiology are methods of identifying heart conditions associated with healthy vs. unhealthy, pathologic, heart function. Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Bedside. Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - History. Obtaining a medical history is always the first "test", part of understanding the likelihood of significant disease, as detectable within the current limitations of clinical medicine. Yet heart problems often produce no symptoms ...

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Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Blood tests

Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Electrophysiology

Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Medical imaging

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia II - Cardiology - Anatomy & physiology

Cardiology - Basic anatomy Structure of the heart. Epicardium Pericardium Myocardium Papillary muscle Endocardium Coronary circulation (Blood supply of the heart) Heart valves Cardiology - Circulatory system Blood supply of the body. Cardiac output Heart rate Vascular resistance Blood vessels Cardiology - Pulmonary circulation Oxygenation of the blood. < ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Circulatory system

The circulatory system or cardiovascular system is the organ system which circulates blood around the body of most animals. Circulatory system - Types of circulatory systems. Circulatory system - Open circulatory system. The circulatory system of arthropods (for example, a grasshopper) and most mollusks is open, meaning that there are no capillaries and veins: one or more hearts pump the blood (more properly called hemolymph in this case) through the arteries to sp ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Cardiovascular pathology

Cardiovascular pathology, a branch in pathology, is the study of diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Please see Cardiology and Cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular pathology - Links. http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CVIDX.html#1 http://scvp.net/ ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Ventricular hypertrophy

Although ventricular hypertrophy may occur in either the left or right or both ventricles of the heart, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is more commonly encountered. Ventricular hypertrophy - LVH. The commonest cause is high blood pressure. Other causes are exercise (athletic hypertrophy) and congenital bases (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or HOCM). The diagnosis of LVH is usually made by echocardiography. The walls of the ventricle can be measured and a thickness of greater than 1.5 cm is considere ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Heart

The heart (Latin cor) is a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. The term cardiac means "related to the heart", from the Greek kardia (καρδια) for "heart". Heart - The human heart. Heart - Early development. The human embryonic heart (EHR) begins beating at approximately 21 days after conception, or five weeks after the last normal menstrual period (LMP), which is the date normally used to ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Arturo Rosenblueth

Arturo Rosenblueth (* October 2, 1900 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua- † September 20, 1970 in Mexico City) was a Mexican researcher, physician and physiologist. Arturo Rosenblueth - Positions Held. Rosenblueth was a professor of physiology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico; head of the Physiology Laboratory of the National Institute of Cardiology; head of the Physiology Department and director of Scientfic Research and High Studies at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. < ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Cardiac stress test

A cardiac stress test is a medical test performed to evaluate relative arterial blood flow increases to the heart muscles during exercise, as compared to resting blood flow rates (i.e. myocardial perfusion reserve). Stress tests also reveal overall physical fitness. Stress test abnormalities reflect major imbalances of blood flow to the left ventricular muscle more so than in other regions. Such stenoses are the usual basis for stable or reproducible exercise related angina and reflect adv ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Computed tomography

Computed tomography (CT), originally known as computed axial tomography (CAT) and body section roentgenography, is a medical imaging method employing tomography where digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation. The word "tomography" is derived from the Greek tomos (slice) and graphia (describing). CT produces a series of axial images which can be manipulated, through a process known as windo ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Ventricle heart

In the heart, a ventricle is a chamber which collects blood from an atrium (another heart chamber) and pumps it out of the heart. In a four-chambered heart, such as that in humans, there are two ventricles: the right ventricle pumps blood into the pulmonary circulation for the lungs, and the left ventricle pumps blood into the systemic circulation for the rest of the body. (See Double circulatory system for details.) Ventricles have thicker walls than t ...

Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study

The Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (also known under the abbreviation 4S) is a multicenter clinical trial that was performed in 1990s in Scandinavia. The objective of the study was to assess effect of cholesterol-lowering drug called simvastatin on mortality and morbidity in group of 4444 patients with coronary heart disease, aged between 35 and 70 years. The patients presented with moderate hypercholesterolemia between 5.5 and 8.0 mmol/l. The results of the trial showed that treatment of patients with simvastatin patients sufferi ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Charité

The Charité is the largest university hospital in Europe. The Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is the medical school for the Free University of Berlin and the Humboldt University of Berlin. Initially built in 1710 in Berlin-Mitte in anticipation of an outbreak of bubonic plague, it came to used as a charity hospital for the poor after the plague spared the city. In 1727 Frederick William I of Prussia gave it the name Charité, meaning "charity". Many famous physicians and scientists worked for at least part of ...

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Cardiology: Encyclopedia - Ambulatory care

Ambulatory care is any medical care delivered on an outpatient basis. Many medical conditions do not require hospital admission and can be managed without admission to a hospital. Many medical investigations can be performed on an ambulatory basis, including blood tests, X-rays, endoscopy and even biopsy procedures of superficial organs. Sites where ambulatory care can be delivered include: Physician offices: This is the most common site for the delivery of ambulatory care. Physicians of many specialties de ...

Cardiology: Encyclopedia II - Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Medical imaging

Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Coronary catheterization. Coronary catheterization uses pressure monitoring and blood sampling through a catheter inserted into the heart through blood vessels in the leg to determine the functioning of the heart, and, following injections of radiocontrast dye, uses X-ray fluoroscopy, typically at 30 frame/s, to visualize the position and size of blood of within the heart chambers and arteries. Coronary angiography is used to determine the patency and configuration of the coronary artery lumens. ...

Cardiology: Encyclopedia II - Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - Bedside

Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures - History. Obtaining a medical history is always the first "test", part of understanding the likelihood of significant disease, as detectable within the current limitations of clinical medicine. Yet heart problems often produce no symptoms until very advanced, and many symptoms, such as palpitations and sensations of extra or missing heart beats correlate poorly with realtive heart health vs disease. Hence, a history alone is rarely sufficient to diagnose a heart condition. See also:

Cardiology: Encyclopedia II - Heart - Diseases and treatments

The study of diseases of the heart is known as cardiology. Important diseases of the heart include: Coronary heart disease is the lack of oxygen supply to the heart muscle; it can cause severe pain and discomfort known as Angina. A heart attack occurs when heart muscle cells die because blood circulation to a part of the heart is interrupted. Congestive heart failure is the gradual loss of pumping power of the heart. Endocarditis and myocarditis are inflammations of the heart. Cardiac arrhythmia is an irregularity in the heartbeat. It is sometimes treated by implanting an artificial pa ...

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