Specialist in Cardiology

Specialists in cardiology provide comprehensive hospital medical care and basic care in the field of cardiovascular diseases. They examine and care for hospitalised cardiac patients or look after them on an outpatient basis. They inform them and their relatives about the significance of the disease and actively support them with preventive measures. An important part of their work consists of diagnosing cardiovascular diseases using a wide variety of methods, e.g. ECG (electrocardiogram) or X-ray, and drawing up a treatment plan. The tasks also include correctly assessing the cost/benefit ratio of diagnostic and therapeutic measures. They work closely together with the cardiac surgeons, but also