Cardiology is the branch of science that deals with the health and diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The heart is the organ that pumps blood in the body. Blood oxygenated in the lungs is transported to the heart, pumped from the heart and circulates throughout the body through the veins. Blood with decreased oxygen and increased carbon dioxide in the tissues returns to the heart through the vessels and then is transported to the lungs. Thus, they form the circulatory system with vessels of different structures and functions. When we talk about heart diseases, we refer to heart diseases as an organ, and when we talk about cardiovascular disease, we refer to the entire cardiovascular system. Cardiology specialist is called a cardiologist.
Rich Hospital works to protect heart health and to diagnose and treat existing heart diseases.
Diseases of interest to cardiology.
Cardiological diseases have some common symptoms. Symptoms of cardiological diseases can be listed as follows:
- Feeling of pressure, pain or burning in the chest
- Pain or discomfort in the arms, left shoulder, elbows, jaw and back
- Chest tightness and shortness of breath
- Dizziness
- Fainting
- Nausea and fatigue
- Cold sweating
- Irregular heart rhythm, palpitations, low or high pulse rate
- Blood pressure irregularities, high blood pressure
- Fast fatigue
The main diseases that manifest themselves with these symptoms and are of interest to the cardiology department are as follows:
- Congenital heart diseases
- Arrhythmias
- Arteriosclerosis (Atherosclerosis)
- High cholesterol and triglycerides
- Hypertension
- Angina (chest pain)
- Sudden cardiac arrest.
- Heart failure
- Heart attack
- Blood clots
- Coronary artery diseases
- Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium)
- Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle)
- Endocarditis (inflammation of the heart valves and inner membrane of the heart)
- Heart valve problems
- Cardiogenic shock
- Heart anomalies
- Cardiomyopathy
- Problems with your aorta (aneurysm, stenosis)
- Problems with your arteries (Peripheral Artery Disease, Subclavian Artery Disease, Renal Artery Disease, Coronary Artery Disease)
- Paralysis
