CARDIOLOGY

Cardiology (from Greek καρδίᾱ, kardiā, "heart"; and -λογία, -logia) is a specialty dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called cardiologists. Cardiologists should not be confused with cardiac surgeons, cardiothoracic and cardiovascular, who are surgeons who perform cardiac surgery - operative procedures on the heart and great vessels.

The term cardiology is derived from the Greek word καρδιά (transliterated as kardia and meaningheart or inner self).

        CARDIOLOGY LECTURES 

• AHA Secondary Prevention (revised June 2009)
• Cigarette Smoking, Cardiovascular Disease Risk, and Implementation Strategies for Smoking Cessation (revised May 2010)
• CVD Definitions and Statistics (revised May 2010)
• CVD Guidelines Design and Implementation (revised May 2010)
• Epidemiology of Hypertension (Dr. Stanley S. Franklin) (revised May 2010)
• Hypertension: Improving Treatment and Control (revised June 2007)
• Inflammation, Infection and Cardiovascular Disease (revised May 2007)
• Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Preventive Cardiology(revised May 2010)
• New Concepts in the Evaluation and Treatment of Dyslipidemia (revised April 2009)
• Novel Biomarkers and CVD (revised May 2010)
• Nutrition and CVD (revised May 2010)
• Obesity -- a Weighty Problem (Dr. Stanley Bassin) (revised 2008)
• Obesity and Related Diseases in Childhood (Dr. Stanley Bassin) (revised May 2008)
• Psychosocial Factors and CHD (revised June 2009)
• Research Study Design for Cardiologists (revised August 2008)
• Subclinical Atherosclerosis Presentation (revised 2010)
• Women and Heart Disease (revised May 2009)

SOURCE: The University of California, Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program at the UCI College of Medicine

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