A physician specialized in diagnosing and treating diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
What cardiologists do
Cardiologists evaluate patients with heart and vascular complaints, interpret electrocardiograms and imaging, perform stress tests, place stents, and manage heart failure, arrhythmias, and coronary disease. Interventional cardiologists also perform catheter-based procedures to open blocked arteries.
Training path
Cardiology requires medical school, a three-year internal medicine residency, and a three-year cardiology fellowship. Subspecialty training in interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, or heart failure adds one to two more years.
Subspecialties
Common subspecialties include interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure and transplantation, advanced imaging, adult congenital heart disease, and preventive cardiology.
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