What does cardiology do?

Cardiology, or cardiovascular medicine, is the diagnosis and treatment of vascular-related diseases and the pharmacologic and surgical treatment of heart diseases. Cardiovascular medicine treats a wide range of diseases, mainly heart-related diseases, such as coronary heart disease, congenital heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, myocarditis and other diseases diagnosed and treated, in addition to high blood pressure is also generally belong to the cardiology treatment of disease. Cardiovascular doctors will give patients specific treatment plans according to their conditions, most of which are drug treatments, such as antihypertensive drugs, nifedipine, etc. Some patients also need to undergo surgical treatments, which are mainly minimally invasive treatments, such as coronary stenting and radiofrequency ablation. Patients suffering from related diseases should consult the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine in a timely manner.