Cardiology is the treatment of diseases of the heart and blood vessels. A cardiologist is a physician who specializes in treating heart conditions such as abnormal heart rhythms, heart attacks, coronary artery disease, congenital heart defects, and disease of the heart valves. A cardiologist can inform your doctor about new drugs or tests that may be beneficial to you.

Some heart conditions can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle, and can be fatal. Methods that cardiologists use to study heart conditions include stress tests, a monitor to record your heart rate and rhythm, a biopsy, which studies a tiny piece of heart tissue, and an echocardiogram, which uses sound waves to show a picture of how your heart works.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Blood Clot, Peripheral Vascular Disease, angioplasty, Hypertension, Heart Attack, Congestive heart failure, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary heart disease, Pericarditis, Ventricular Tachycardia, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Cardiac Arrest, Bigeminy, Heart block, Myxoma, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Tricuspid valve disorders, and Aortic valve disorders.

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Gastric Bypass Surgery, Open Heart Surgery, Valve Replacement, Valve Repair, Bypass Surgery, Carotid Artery Surgery, Catheter Ablation, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Bypass Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Laser Angioplasty, Valvuloplasty, Balloon Angioplasty, Atherectomy, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Coronary Angioplasty, Heart Transplantation, and Carotid Surgery.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), Cardiac Stress Test, Holter Monitor, Echocardiogram, Blood Test, Sphygmomanometer, Cardiac Enzymes, IVUS, Electrophysiologic study, and Coronary Catheterization.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Michigan has 883 practicing cardiologists. Broken out by city, cardiology doctor density in Adrian is 10, in Allegan is 6, in Allen Park is 10, in Alma is 2, in Alpena is 4, in Ann Arbor is 75, in Auburn Hills is 3, in Battle Creek is 8, in Bay City is 11, in Benton Harbor is 1, in Berkley is 22, in Big Rapids is 2, in Birmingham is 1, in Bloomfield Hills is 18, in Brighton is 9, in Cadillac is 3, in Charlotte is 11, in Clawson is 1, in Clio is 2, in Coldwater is 3, in Dearborn is 27, in Dearborn Heights is 6, in Detroit is 131, in East Lansing is 9, in Eastpointe is 2, in Farmington is 19, in Farmington Hills is 35, in Ferndale is 3, in Flat Rock is 1, in Flint is 28, in Garden City is 15, in Gladwin is 3, in Grand Blanc is 15, in Grand Rapids is 53, in Greenville is 9, in Grosse Pointe is 13, in Grosse Pointe Farms is 1, in Grosse Pointe Park is 3, in Grosse Pointe Woods is 5, in Hamtramck is 2, in Hillsdale is 3, in Holland is 7, in Howell is 1, in Inkster is 1, in Ionia is 2, in Iron Mountain is 1, in Ironwood is 2, in Jackson is 17, in Kalamazoo is 42, in Kingsford is 1, in Lansing is 39, in Lapeer is 8, in Lincoln Park is 1, in Livonia is 56, in Madison Heights is 9, in Marquette is 11, in Marshall is 4, in Midland is 10, in Monroe is 4, in Mount Clemens is 13, in Mount Pleasant is 6, in Muskegon is 11, in New Baltimore is 1, in Niles is 6, in Norway is 2, in Novi is 22, in Owosso is 12, in Petoskey is 11, in Plainwell is 1, in Plymouth is 1, in Pontiac is 18, in Port Huron is 13, in Portage is 1, in Rochester is 15, in Rochester Hills is 21, in Roseville is 31, in Royal Oak is 64, in Saginaw is 41, in Saline is 8, in South Haven is 2, in Southfield is 60, in Southgate is 4, in Sterling Heights is 25, in Sturgis is 4, in Taylor is 7, in Tecumseh is 2, in Three Rivers is 4, in Traverse City is 26, in Trenton is 11, in Troy is 27, in Utica is 2, in Walled Lake is 2, in Warren is 29, in Watervliet is 2, in Wayne is 7, in Westland is 3, in Woodhaven is 3, in Wyandotte is 8, in Wyoming is 5, and in Ypsilanti is 25.

Michigan’s capital is Lansing, and its population is 10,120,860. Michigan has lots of places to entertain residents and visitors: tour Kellogg’s Cereal City USA in Battle Creek, the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, or the Grand Rapids Brewing Co. Take a carriage tour on Mackinac Island, where no vehicle traffic is allowed. Michigan borders on four of the five Great Lakes, so there are always lakefront vistas and lighthouse tours and boat rides, no matter what shore you’re on. The Soo Lock system is the world’s busiest lock system for boat traffic. Famous people born here include industrialist Henry Ford, and singers Diana Ross and Madonna.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Michigan has a population of 10,120,860. Of this population, 2,451,309 are under the age of 18 and 1,252,187 are at or above the age of 65.