Clinical Cardiology

Get away with all the suspicions you have regarding your heart health by undergoing detailed evaluation by your cardiologist. 

Clinical Cardiology involves the evaluation of a patient for detection of any kind of cardiac disease. The primary cardiac evaluation includes the study of your medical history, a thorough examination of the peripheral arterial and venous circulations and relevant laboratory studies.

Symptoms that require clinical cardiovascular examination

Certain symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, etc indicate that you need medical attention from a cardiologist. During the process of clinical cardiology, your cardiologist will perform tests to evaluate the following common symptoms:

Chest Pain

Discomfort or pain in the chest can be a result of various cardiac issues like pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, aortic dissection or myocardial ischemia. Not just cardiac issues, but there can be non-cardiac causes of chest pain as well, such as anxiety, pneumonia, cholecystitis, etc.

During your clinical cardiac examination, the cardiologist will check whether or not your cause of chest pain is cardiac. The main symptoms of myocardial ischemia include strangling, burning or squeezing sensation. This is quite different from the common symptoms of pleuritic pain, such as stabbing, sharp, relieved when sitting and increased when excited.

Shortness of breath

Also called dyspnea, it can be a pulmonary or cardiac issue. In cardiac dyspnea, you will experience breathing problems at night. It needs to be diagnosed and treated on time to keep away from heart disease. Pulmonary dyspnea shows up in form of asthmatic problems like wheezing.

Palpitations

Your palpitations make you aware of your heartbeat. Sometimes you may feel high or low palpitations and when it gets frequent, you must see a cardiologist for clinical evaluation. It could be a potential threat to cardiac issues in the future. However, it can also be a temporary condition due to anxiety or fear.

Note: There are numerous other symptosm that patients complain of such as edema, claudication, syncope, etc.

Process of clinical cardiology

When you book the first appointment, the cardiologist will ask you a few questions about your symptoms and take details of your medical history.

After measuring your body weight and blood pressure, he will check your heartbeat and examine your blood vessels and lungs’ health.

Clinical cardiology covers both non-invasive and invasive (though rarely) tests to find the root cause of the problem projected.

Some of the tests performed during the clinical heart examination are:

Echocardiogram (ECG):
 Create images using sound waves of the heart to analyse its proper functioning.

Ambulatory ECG:
Tracks and records your heart activity during movement. The test unveils an unusual (abnormal) heart rhythm.

Cardiac catheterization:
It is a minimally invasive test performed during clinical cardiology when the above tests and X-rays do not provide answers A small tube is placed inside your body – close to your heart. The catheter or tube photographs your heart in function.

After the diagnosis

Once the root of the complaint you came with is detected, the cardiologist creates a plan of treatment. If it is a minor issue, the doctor suggests some lifestyle changes. However, in case of a higher risk of heart disease, the cardiologist will consider opting for other suitable methods for treatment that ranges from drugs to surgery.

Did you relate to any of the above-mentioned symptoms? If yes, visit us for a detailed clinical cardiac examination by one of the best heart specialists in the city, Dr Jagadesh Madireddi.

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