Cardiology

Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The field is commonly divided in the branches of coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called cardiologists.

Disorders of the electrical system of the heart (Cardiac electrophysiology)

• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Supraventricular tachycardia (Fast rhythms that originate above the ventricles)
• Atrial fibrillation
• Atrial flutter
• Atrial tachycardia
• Sick sinus syndrome (Tachy-Brady syndrome)
• AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT)
• AV reentrant tachycardia (AVRT)
• Bigeminy
• Premature ventricular contraction
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
• Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
• Torsades de pointes
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Sick sinus syndrome
• Heart block
• First degree heart block
• Second degree heart block
• Trifascicular heart block
• Third degree heart block
• Specific diseases of the electrical system of the heart
• Brugada syndrome
• Long QT syndrome
• Short QT syndrome
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW syndrome)