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interventional cardiology

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interventional cardiology,
the subspecialty of cardiology that uses intravascular catheter-based techniques with fluoroscopy to treat coronary artery, valvular, and congenital cardiac disease.

cardiology
study of the heart and its functions.

interventional cardiology

interventional cardiology
Cardiology The subspecialty of cardiology dedicated to the diagnosis, medical and mechanical therapy, pre- and post-procedure management of adult patients with acute and chronic forms of cardiovascular disease amenable to catheter-based therapy IC techniques Balloon angioplasty, intracoronary stent deployment, rotational atherectomy, extraction atherectomy, directional coronary atherectomy, balloon valvuloplasty, peripheral angioplasty. See Invasive cardiology. Cf Echocardiography, Noninterventional therapy.


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