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 myocardium (muscle of the heart)

• Cardiomyopathy
• Ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Nonischemic cardiomyopathy
• Amyloid cardiomyopathy
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
• Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) (Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS))
• Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy)
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Congestive heart failure
• Cor pulmonale
• Cardiac arrest
• Primary tumors of the heart
• Myxoma