Cardiology Surgery

What is Cardiology?

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of diseases of the heart and heart vessels is called “Cardiology”. The specialist doctors working in this department are called “Cardiologists”. Cardiologists treat diseases such as heart attack, heart rhythm disorders, heart failure, high blood pressure. In cases where drug treatments do not respond, they carry out interventional operations such as angiography.

What Does Cardiology Look At?

The task of the heart, one of the most important organs of the body, is to pump a sufficient amount of blood to the body. But the main discomfort observed in the heart, which for various reasons cannot pump the blood that the body needs, is called heart failure. Cardiology often performs the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure and the following diseases:

Involuntary heart diseases,
Atherosclerosis,
Hypertension,
Akutkoroner syndrome,
Aortic insufficiency,
Stenosis and insufficiency of the mitral valve,
Aortic stenosis and insufficiency,
Myocardial infarction,
Pulmonary insufficiency and stenosis,
Tricuspid stenosis,
Endocardial diseases,
Cardiomyopathy,
Pericardial effusion,
Pericardial tamponade,
Cardiac and primary tumors,
Cardiac arrhythmias and arrest,
Atrial myxoma,
Atrial fibrillation,
Peripheral arterial disorders,
Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome.

What Tests Does Cardiology Do?

Blood tests: With blood tests, heart enzymes such as creatine kinase (CK), CK-MB and troponin and hormone levels are checked first. If there is a problem in the heart, the values in these tests may be high. In addition, blood cholesterol and sugar levels, which are assessed as risk factors, are also examined.

Electrocardiogram (ECG): It is a diagnostic method in which electrical activity in the heart is recorded with the help of electrodes attached to the skin. Heart rate, symptoms indicating insufficient oxygen and blood flow to the heart muscle, as well as signs of a heart attack, if any, November can be diagnosed with this method.

Holter ECG: Rhythm disturbances that exist in the heart may not occur due to the short duration of a normal ECG. In such cases, when rhythm disturbance is suspected, the heart rhythm is recorded continuously for 24 to 48 hours with a special device. The holter device, which is the size of a mobile phone, is carried by being passed around the neck or attached to a belt at the waist. No bathing is done while the device is plugged in, no mobile phone or other electronic items are used.

Echocardiography (ECHO): ECHO, known as cardiac ultrasound, is the method used to detect movement disorders in the heart walls that develop due to the death of heart November tissue. Angiography: The process of evaluating arteries with the help of X-rays using a special dye substance and determining stenoses, if any, is called angiography. A thin and flexible tube (catheter) is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck. A dye substance, visible by X-ray, is injected into the arteries through a catheter. Thus, the blood flow in the vessels can be displayed. This method can be used for both diagnosis and treatment.

Radionuclide test: It is the process of recording the image of the heart with the help of a radioactive substance given to the patient with a special camera. It indicates whether the heart muscle has November enough blood flow.

Exertion test: The preferred exertion test for diagnosing the prevalence of coronary artery disease is preferred to determine how serious the disease is.

Cardiac Catheterization: Coronary artery and heart diseases can be diagnosed using the cardiac catheterization method, in which a biopsy is taken from the heart by invasive means and the pressures of the heart chambers are measured.

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: This is a radio nuclear imaging technique performed with the help of gamma rays. Today, the department of cardiology can be evaluated as non-invasive cardiology, which includes non-invasive diagnostic and patient monitoring methods, and invasive cardiology, which includes interventional methods.