Welcome to our Department
Cardiology is a branch of medicine dealing
with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory
system. The field includes medical diagnosis and
treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary
artery disease, heart failure, valvular
heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians who
specialize in this field of medicine are called cardiologists, a specialty
of internal medicine. Pediatric cardiologists are pediatricians who
specialize in cardiology. Physicians who specialize in cardiac surgery are
called cardiothoracic surgeons or cardiac
surgeons, a specialty of general surgery.
Although the cardiovascular system is
inextricably linked to blood, cardiology is relatively unconcerned with hematology and
its diseases. Some obvious exceptions that affect the function of the heart
would be blood tests (electrolyte disturbances, troponins),
decreased oxygen carrying capacity (anemia, hypovolemic
shock), and coagulopathies.
