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    A cardiologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart conditions. They complete medical school, internal medicine residency, and a 3-year cardiology fellowship. Cardiologists use tools like imaging, stress tests, and cardiac catheterization to diagnose patients referred by other doctors. They discuss treatment options which may include medication, lifestyle changes, or referring patients to cardiothoracic surgeons for procedures. Some cardiologists further specialize in areas like interventional cardiology or electrophysiology.

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    A cardiologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart conditions. They complete medical school, internal medicine residency, and a 3-year cardiology fellowship. Cardiologists use tools like imaging, stress tests, and cardiac catheterization to diagnose patients referred by other doctors. They discuss treatment options which may include medication, lifestyle changes, or referring patients to cardiothoracic surgeons for procedures. Some cardiologists further specialize in areas like interventional cardiology or electrophysiology.

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    A cardiologist is a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart conditions. They complete medical school, internal medicine residency, and a 3-year cardiology fellowship. Cardiologists use tools like imaging, stress tests, and cardiac catheterization to diagnose patients referred by other doctors. They discuss treatment options which may include medication, lifestyle changes, or referring patients to cardiothoracic surgeons for procedures. Some cardiologists further specialize in areas like interventional cardiology or electrophysiology.

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    cardiologist

    a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart.
    A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in treating the heart and associated
    cardiovascular system. Cardiologists perform a wide range of tasks on a daily basis, from
    using medical imaging studies to diagnose a heart condition to working with a cardiac
    surgeon to establish a treatment plan for a patient. This medical specialty also has several
    subspecialties, for doctors who want to focus on a specific aspect of medical care for the
    heart.

    ypically, in order to become a cardiologist, a doctor must complete medical school and a
    residency in internal medicine before applying for a fellowship in cardiology. A
    cardiology fellowship generally lasts around three years, and it includes training in using
    diagnostic tools, talking with patients, networking with other doctors, and using things
    like pacemakers and medication to treat heart conditions. Once the fellowship is
    completed, the doctor can apply for certification as a cardiologist before beginning to
    practice, or he or she can pursue training in a subspecialty.

    Typically, a cardiologist sees patients because they are referred by other doctors who
    have concerns about their heart health. When a cardiologist meets a new patient, the
    patient is interviewed and the doctor may run some diagnostic tests to get more
    information about the patient's condition. When the doctor reaches a diagnosis, he or she
    can discuss the patient's condition and treatment options.

    Cardiologists can use tools like stress testing, cardiac catheterization, radiology studies,
    and a variety of other techniques to diagnose heart conditions. Various treatments
    including medication and lifestyle changes can be used to treat diagnosed conditions. If a
    cardiologist decides that a condition needs to be treated surgically, he or she will bring a
    cardiothoracic surgeon onto the patient's team to discuss surgical options. Typically, after
    a surgery is completed, a cardiologist performs follow-up care to ensure that the surgery
    went well and that the patient stays as healthy as possible.

    If a cardiologist chooses to do so, he or she can specialize in things like interventional


    cardiology, nuclear cardiology, electrophysiology, or echocardiography. These advanced
    techniques in the field of cardiology can be used to provide additional diagnostic studies
    for a patient with a heart condition, and to treat heart conditions with innovative
    technology.
    primary care physician, or PCP, is a physician/medical doctor who provides both the
    first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care
    of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis.

    A primary care physician is usually the first medical practitioner contacted by a patient,
    due to factors such as ease of communication, accessible location, familiarity, and
    increasingly issues of cost and managed care requirements. In some countries, for
    example Norway, residents are registered as patients of a (local) doctor, and must contact
    that doctor for referral to any other. Also many health maintenance organizations position
    PCPs as "gatekeepers", who regulate access to more costly procedures or specialists.
    Ideally, the primary care physician acts on behalf of the patient to collaborate with
    referral specialists, coordinate the care given by varied organizations such as hospitals or
    rehabilitation clinics, act as a comprehensive repository for the patient's records, and
    provide long-term management of chronic conditions. Continuous care is particularly
    important for patients with medical conditions that encompass multiple organ systems
    and require prolonged treatment and monitoring, such as diabetes and hypertension.

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