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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.

Selected topics in cardiology:

Anatomy & Physiology
- Basic anatomy (Structure of the heart)
- Circulatory system (Blood supply of the body)
  - Cardiac output
- Pulmonary circulation (Oxygenation of the blood)
- Coronary circulation (Blood supply of the heart)
- Cardiac pacemaker (Electrical system of the heart)
- Basic cardiac physiology
  - Systole
  - Heart sounds
Disorders of the coronary circulation
- Atherosclerosis
- Coronary heart disease (Ischaemic heart disease)
- Acute coronary syndrome
  - Angina
  - Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)
  - Cardiac arrest
Disorders of the myocardium (muscle of the heart)
- Cardiomyopathy
  - Ischemic cardiomyopathy
  - Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
    - Amyloid cardiomyopathy
    - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) (Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS))
    - Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Heart failure
Disorders of the pericardium (outer lining of the heart)
- Pericardial tamponade
- Constrictive pericarditis
Disorders of the heart valves
- Aortic valve disorders
- Mitral valve disorders
- Pulmonic valve disorders
- Tricuspid valve disorders
Cardiac electrophysiology (Disorders of the electrical system of the heart)
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Bigemini
- Premature ventricular contraction
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Heart block
- Specific diseases of the electrical system of the heart
  - Brugada syndrome
  - Long QT syndrome
  - Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW syndrome)
Congenital heart disease
Inflammation and infection of the heart
Diagnostic tests and procedures
- Echocardiogram
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Electrophysiologic study
  - Programmed electrical stimulation
- Sphygmomanometer (Blood pressure cuff)
Devices used in cardiology
- Devices used to maintain normal electrical rythmn
  - Pacemaker (also see Cardiac pacing)
  - Defibrillator
    - Automated external defibrillator
    - Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
- Devices used to maintain blood pressure
Procedures done for coronary artery disease
- Angioplasty
- Coronary artery bypass surgery

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 *** [[Purkinje fibers]]
 ** [[Circulatory system]] (Blood supply of the body)
-** [[Pulmonary circulation]] (Oxygenation of the blood)
 *** [[Cardiac output]]
+** [[Pulmonary circulation]] (Oxygenation of the blood)
 ** [[Coronary circulation]] (Blood supply of the heart)
 ** [[Cardiac pacemaker]] (Electrical system of the heart)
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 *** [[Systole]]
 *** [[Heart sounds]]
+* Disorders of the coronary circulation
+** [[Atherosclerosis]]
+** [[Coronary heart disease]] ([[Ischaemic heart disease]])
+** [[Acute coronary syndrome]]
+*** [[Angina]]
+*** [[Myocardial infarction]] (Heart attack)
+*** [[Cardiac arrest]]
 * Disorders of the myocardium (muscle of the heart)
 ** [[Cardiomyopathy]]
 *** [[Ischemic cardiomyopathy]]
 *** [[Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy]]
-**** [[Alcoholic cardiomyopathy]]
 **** [[Amyloid cardiomyopathy]]
-**** [[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia]]
 **** [[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] (HCM) (Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS))
-**** [[Idiopathic nonischemic cardiomyopathy]]
+**** [[Dilated cardiomyopathy]]
+***** [[Alcoholic cardiomyopathy]]
+***** [[Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia]]
+***** [[Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy]]
+***** [[Idiopathic nonischemic cardiomyopathy]]
 ** [[Heart failure]]
 *** [[Congestive heart failure]]
 *** [[Systolic heart failure]]
 *** [[Diastolic heart failure]]
-* Disorders of the [[pericardium]]
+* Disorders of the [[pericardium]] (outer lining of the heart)
 ** [[Cardiac tamponade | Pericardial tamponade]]
 ** [[Constrictive pericarditis]]
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 ** [[Pulmonic valve disorders]]
 ** [[Tricuspid valve disorders]]
-* Disorders of the coronary circulation
-** [[Atherosclerosis]]
-** [[Coronary heart disease]] ([[Ischaemic heart disease]])
-** [[Acute coronary syndrome]]
-*** [[Angina]]
-*** [[Myocardial infarction]] (Heart attack)
-*** [[Cardiac arrest]]
 * [[Cardiac electrophysiology]] (Disorders of the electrical system of the heart)
 ** [[Cardiac arrhythmia]]s
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 *** [[Third degree heart block]]
 ** Specific diseases of the electrical system of the heart
-*** [[Long QT syndrome]]
 *** [[Brugada syndrome]]
+*** [[Long QT syndrome]]
+*** [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome]] (WPW syndrome)
 * [[Congenital heart disease]]
 ** [[Atrial septal defect]]