ABOUT CARDIOLOGY

Cardiology is the branch of internal medicine that is concerned with diseases of the cardiovascular system. Work in the specialty involves aspects of prevention, investigation, treatment and research. Subspecialty interests include congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, ischaemic heart disease, electrophysiology, clinical cardiology, interventional cardiology, transplantation, nuclear cardiology, echocardiology, epidemiology and cardiovascular research.