Cardiologists specialize in the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of conditions affecting the heart.  Listed below are the common conditions treated by cardiologists.

For more detailed descriptions of these conditions, you may look out for them in our Health Guide.

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Conditions Managed by Cardiolgists

Conditions Related To Atherosclerosis:

• Coronary Artery Disease (caused by atheromatous plaque within walls of coronary arteries)

• Angina pectoris

• Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)

Cardiac Arrest

Which may be due to: Ventricular fibrillation, Pulseless electrical activity, Asystole, Sudden cardiac death (The abrupt reduction or cessation of blood flow to the myocardium, leading to death)

Cardiomyopathies

Intrinsic Cardiomyopathies - weakness in heart muscle not due to identifiable external cause

• Dilated cardiomyopathy

• Hypertropic cardiomyopathy

• Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Extrinsic Cardiomyopathies - where weakness in heart muscle is due to primary pathology outside the myocardium itself.  Most cardiomyopathies are extrinsic, the most common cause being ischaemia (lack of blood supply)

• Coronary artery disease

• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy

• Congenital heart disease

• Ischaemic cardiomyopathy

• Hypertensive cardiomyopathy

• Valvular cardiomyopathy

• Inflammatory cardiomyopathy

• Cardiomyopathy secondary to systemic metabolic conditions

Disorders of the pericardium (outer lining of the heart)

• Pericarditis

• Pericardial effusion and tamponade

Heart Failure

• Congestive heart failure (CHF) or Congestive cardiac failure (CCF)

• Cor pulmonale (failure of the right side of the heart)

Hypertensive Heart Disease

• Left ventricular hypertrophy

• Hypertensive cardiomyopathy

• Congestive heart failure

Disorders of the heart valves (may require correction by Cardiothoracic Surgeons)

• Mitral valve disorders (mitral valve prolapse, mitral valve regurgitation, mitral stenosis)

• Aortic valve disorders (aortic valve stenosis, aortic valve insufficiency)

• Pulmonary valve disorders (pulmonary stenosis)

• Tricuspid valve disorders (tricuspid valve stenosis)

Abnormal Heart Rhythms (Arrhythmias)

Tachycardias, bradycardias, heart blocks, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, right bundle branch block, left bundle branch block, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW syndrome)

Congenital heart disease (May require correction by Cardiothoracic Surgeons)

• Atrial septal defect

• Ventricular septal defect

• Patent ductus arteriosus

• Bicuspid aortic valve

• Tetralogy of Fallot

• Transposition of the great vessels (TGV)

• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

• Truncus Arteriosus

Diseases of blood vessels (Vascular diseases)

• Vasculitis

• Atherosclerosis

• Aneurysm

• Diseases of the aorta (aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, coarctation of the aorta)

• Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - "economy class syndrome"