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. Arizona has 526 practicing cardiologists. Broken out by city, cardiology doctor density in Anthem is 6, in Apache Junction is 13, in Avondale is 5, in Bisbee is 1, in Buckeye is 1, in Bullhead City is 9, in Casa Grande is 22, in Chandler is 34, in Cottonwood is 10, in Dolan Springs is 1, in El Mirage is 2, in Eloy is 2, in Flagstaff is 8, in Florence is 3, in Fort Mohave is 1, in Fountain Hills is 14, in Gila Bend is 2, in Gilbert is 16, in Glendale is 52, in Globe is 2, in Gold Canyon is 4, in Goodyear is 25, in Green Valley is 7, in Higley is 6, in Kearny is 1, in Kingman is 9, in Lake Havasu City is 5, in Lakeside is 1, in Litchfield Park is 5, in Mesa is 55, in Nogales is 2, in Oro Valley is 17, in Page is 5, in Paradise Valley is 1, in Parker is 1, in Payson is 4, in Peoria is 18, in Phoenix is 196, in Pine is 1, in Prescott is 12, in Quartzsite is 4, in Safford is 4, in Scottsdale is 119, in Sedona is 2, in Show Low is 4, in Sierra Vista is 4, in Springerville is 2, in Sun City is 29, in Sun City West is 20, in Sun Lakes is 2, in Tempe is 13, in Tucson is 91, in Vail is 1, in Wickenburg is 1, in Willcox is 1, in Winslow is 1, and in Yuma is 15.

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