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. Connecticut has 491 practicing cardiologists. Broken out by city, cardiology doctor density in Ansonia is 1, in Avon is 12, in Bloomfield is 11, in Branford is 29, in Bridgeport is 51, in Bridgewater is 1, in Bristol is 11, in Brookfield is 1, in Cheshire is 7, in Clinton is 1, in Cos Cob is 1, in Danbury is 23, in Derby is 4, in Durham is 1, in East Hartford is 7, in East Haven is 7, in Enfield is 13, in Essex is 1, in Fairfield is 31, in Farmington is 23, in Glastonbury is 17, in Greenwich is 21, in Groton is 9, in Guilford is 19, in Hamden is 40, in Hartford is 91, in Huntington is 1, in Madison is 9, in Manchester is 16, in Marlborough is 13, in Meriden is 9, in Middlebury is 2, in Middletown is 16, in Milford is 9, in Mystic is 3, in Naugatuck is 1, in New Britain is 18, in New Canaan is 1, in New Haven is 116, in New London is 9, in New Milford is 9, in Newington is 5, in North Haven is 6, in Norwalk is 34, in Norwich is 10, in Old Saybrook is 12, in Orange is 14, in Oxford is 3, in Prospect is 1, in Putnam is 7, in Ridgefield is 9, in Sharon is 8, in Shelton is 14, in Simsbury is 6, in South Windsor is 10, in Southbury is 7, in Southington is 4, in Stafford Springs is 2, in Stamford is 32, in Stratford is 2, in Suffield is 3, in Torrington is 4, in Trumbull is 33, in Vernon is 4, in Vernon Rockville is 4, in Wallingford is 11, in Waterbury is 20, in Waterford is 14, in Weatogue is 9, in West Hartford is 13, in West Haven is 15, in Westbrook is 8, in Westport is 9, in Wethersfield is 4, in Willimantic is 5, in Windsor is 4, in Windsor Locks is 7, in Winsted is 5, and in Woodbury is 1.

This New England state is one of the original 13 states; Connecticut’s capital is Hartford and its population is 3,510,297. This state is steeped in history. Visit the past at the Nathan Hale Homestead near New London, or Yale University in New Haven. Tour the home of Mark Twain, the New England Air Museum, or the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Explore a historic tobacco farming area, do some hiking and biking, or visit the numerous antique shops or lighthouses in the eastern coastal area.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Connecticut has a population of 3,510,297. Of this population, 812,182 are under the age of 18 and 472,089 are at or above the age of 65.