Heart medicine

Cardiology is a combination of comprehensive diagnosis, invasive cardiology and complex heart surgery. Heart operations include the treatment of constricted or blocked coronary vessels using balloon dilatation or implantation of stents, the treatment of heart valve damage and heart valve replacement, the insertion of cardiac pacemakers and implantable defibrillators (ICDs), catheter-based treatment of heart rhythm disorders (radio frequency ablation), the treatment of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, and stroke treatment. Every minute is vital in all these procedures.