Cardiology

Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with 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.

Important diseases of the heart:

• Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• Angina
• Coronary heart disease
• Cardiac arrest
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Cardiomyopathy
• Congenital heart defects
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
• Endocarditis
• Heart failure
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Myocarditis
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Valvular heart disease

Important symptoms:

• Heart murmur

See also: Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures.