Cardiology - Healthy Heart
Napa Valley, San Francisco North Bay, Ca. USA

Cardiology

is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The field is commonly divided in the branches of congenital heart
 

 defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called cardiologists. Cardiologists should not be confused with cardiac surgeons who are surgeons who perform cardiac surgery - operative procedures on the heart and great vessels.
 

CT of the heart is a new and emerging technology that has the capability of visualizing the anatomy and physiology of the cardiac structure and function by utilizing X-rays. Starting from a very basic CT scan, the technology has rapidly evolved into an extremely sensitive and robust technology that holds a significant promise for the study of cardiac structure and function in the future. Invented by EMI labs in England, CT has come a long way in detection of coronary and other diseases. Currently the CT scans have anywhere between 16 to 64 rows of detectors that are responsible for acquiring images of the tissues. A 64 detector CT can acquire a full scan of the heart in less than 20 seconds