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Cardiology

Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and
blood vessels. The human heart is a complex organ, consisting of two
ventricles and two atria. Coronary arteries feed the heart the blood it
needs to sustain itself.

Important diseases of the heart:

   * Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
   * Angina
   * Coronary heart disease
   * Cardiac arrest
   * Cardiac arrhythmias
   * Cardiomyopathy
   * Congenital heart defects
        o Tetralogy of Fallot
   * Endocarditis
   * Heart failure
   * Ischaemic heart disease
   * Myocarditis
   * Rheumatic heart disease
   * Valvular heart disease

Important symptoms:

   * Heart murmur

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