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'''Cardiology''' is a specialty of [[internal medicine]], which is concerned with maintaining the health of the [[circulatory system]] as well as diagnosing and treating its disorders. [[Hematology]] deals with the blood itself; cardiology deals with the movement of the blood and [[lymph]]. | |||
==Graduate Medical Education== | |||
To be board-eligible in cardiology, one completes an [[internal medicine]] or [[pediatrics]] residency, and then a typically three-year [[cardiology]] fellowship. At that point, the cardiologist is board-eligible in general cardiology. | |||
The field, however, recognizes distinct tertiary subspecialties, and, in practice, quarternary skills. | |||
*Cardiac electrophysiology | |||
**Ablative and related interventions | |||
**Implanted electronic devices | |||
*Invasive cardiology | |||
**Interventional cardiology | |||
***Angioplasty | |||
***Atherectomy | |||
Revision as of 11:54, 10 June 2010
Cardiology is a specialty of internal medicine, which is concerned with maintaining the health of the circulatory system as well as diagnosing and treating its disorders. Hematology deals with the blood itself; cardiology deals with the movement of the blood and lymph.
Graduate Medical Education
To be board-eligible in cardiology, one completes an internal medicine or pediatrics residency, and then a typically three-year cardiology fellowship. At that point, the cardiologist is board-eligible in general cardiology.
The field, however, recognizes distinct tertiary subspecialties, and, in practice, quarternary skills.
- Cardiac electrophysiology
- Ablative and related interventions
- Implanted electronic devices
- Invasive cardiology
- Interventional cardiology
- Angioplasty
- Atherectomy
- Interventional cardiology