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Cardiology: From 3 Different Sources

The study of the function of the heart and the investigation, diagnosis, and medical treatment of disorders of the heart and blood vessels.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
That branch of medical science devoted to the study of the diseases of the heart.
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
n. the science concerned with the study of the structure, function, and diseases of the heart. See also nuclear cardiology. —cardiologist n.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Interventional Cardiology

a subspecialty of cardiology concerned with the treatment of heart conditions using cardiac *catheterization techniques under local anaesthetic and X-ray control, including *percutaneous coronary intervention and percutaneous balloon mitral *valvuloplasty.... interventional cardiology

Nuclear Cardiology

the study and diagnosis of heart disease by the intravenous injection of different types of *radionuclide. The radionuclide emits gamma rays, enabling a gamma camera and computer to form an image of the heart. See MUGA scan; myocardial perfusion scan; SPECT scanning.... nuclear cardiology

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