cardiology

Drugs as Good as Heart Stents

August 13, 2008 By admin

Drugs as good as stents for many heart patients

People with chronic chest pain who are not in big danger of a heart attack now may have even less reason to rush into an artery-opening angioplasty: There’s more evidence drugs should be tried first and often are just as effective.

The slim early advantage for angioplasty at relieving pain in these non-emergency cases starts to fade within six months and vanishes after three years, according to a new report from a landmark heart study. [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ACE inhibitors, angioplasty, aspirin, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, cardiology, cholesterol-lowering statins, drugs, nitrates, stent

April 11, 2008 By admin 2 Comments

Cardiology is the branch of internal medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The field is commonly divided in the branches of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called cardiologists. Cardiologists should not be confused with cardiac surgeons who are surgeons who perform cardiac surgery – operative procedures on the heart and great vessels.

The term cardiology is derived from the Greek word καρδιά (transliterated as kardia and meaning heart or inner self)

Filed Under: Physicians, Research, Treatment Tagged With: cardiologist, cardiology, heart doctor

Treatment Guidelines

Guideline for Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Treatment Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines has a published set of guidelines on when and how to use pacemakers and other antiarrythmia devices. The guidelines classify various treatments based on whether the benefit outways the risk of treatment. A class I treatment the benefits greatly outweigh the risks. In [...]

Guidelines for Conorary and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Diagnostic

If you are wondering what the procedure and guidelines for coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease diagnostic, the National Guideline Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has provided a thorough summary. Below is a brief excerpt from the guideline: Interventions and Practices Considered Advice and assistance in smoking cessation Avoidance of [...]

Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation Diagnostic

If you are wondering what the procedure and guidelines are for a doctor’s diagnostic exam for atrial fibrillation, the National Guideline Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has provided a thorough summary. Below is a brief excerpt from the guideline: Target Population Patients with atrial fibrillation Clinical Evaluation History and physical [...]

Guidelines for Management of Myocardial Infraction

If you are wondering what the procedure and guidelines are for the management of myocardial infraction, the National Guideline Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has provided a thorough summary. Below is a brief excerpt from the guideline: Target Population Adults with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Adults at risk of STEMI [...]

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