Outline of cardiology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cardiology, the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the human heart.

There are several classes of pharmaceutical drugs used in cardiology to manage various diseases and many of them have cardiovascular side effects.

ACE inhibitors works upstream from angiotensin II receptor antagonists and have similar effects on management of hypertension and heart failure.

Sodium nitroprusside and nitroglycerin function by causing vasodilation through nitric oxide, which manipulates cGMP levels through guanylate cyclase.

This is important in those predisposed to blood clots (e.g., Factor V Leiden) but also for thrombus formation when an atherosclerotic plaque rupture that would, otherwise, lead to myocardial infarction.

An example of a drug-eluting stent. This is the TAXUS Express 2 Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System, which releases paclitaxel .
A stethoscope.
Cardiologists use diagrams like this: a heart with an ECG indicator