Interventional cardiology involves the use of imaging and diagnostic tools to monitor coronary disorders in heart patients. A cardiologist is a physician who treats disorders of the heart. An interventional cardiologist evaluates blood flow and blood pressure in the heart valves using imaging tools and equipment and other diagnostic techniques. These tests and monitoring devices, sometimes combined with medication, help the cardiologist treat patients with heart valve disorders, coronary artery disease, endocarditis, and other heart conditions.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Georgia has 148 practicing interventional cardiologists. Broken out by city, interventional cardiology doctor density in Albany is 1, in Alpharetta is 2, in Americus is 1, in Athens is 4, in Atlanta is 51, in Augusta is 15, in Austell is 7, in Blairsville is 2, in Blue Ridge is 3, in Brunswick is 2, in Buford is 1, in Calhoun is 3, in Canton is 4, in Carrollton is 1, in Cartersville is 9, in Cedartown is 3, in Claxton is 2, in Clayton is 2, in Cochran is 1, in Columbus is 8, in Conyers is 2, in Covington is 1, in Cumming is 2, in Dallas is 3, in Decatur is 5, in Demorest is 1, in Douglasville is 7, in Dublin is 2, in Duluth is 7, in East Ellijay is 1, in East Point is 4, in Eatonton is 3, in Elberton is 3, in Ellijay is 2, in Evans is 7, in Fayetteville is 4, in Fort Gordon is 2, in Fort Oglethorpe is 1, in Fort Valley is 1, in Gainesville is 4, in Greensboro is 2, in Griffin is 2, in Hazlehurst is 1, in Hiawassee is 3, in Hinesville is 1, in Jasper is 5, in Kingsland is 3, in Lagrange is 1, in Lawrenceville is 6, in Lithonia is 1, in Locust Grove is 5, in Loganville is 1, in Louisville is 1, in Macon is 13, in Marietta is 10, in Monroe is 1, in Montezuma is 3, in Peachtree City is 1, in Perry is 1, in Riverdale is 6, in Rome is 4, in Roswell is 5, in Saint Marys is 1, in Savannah is 11, in Snellville is 7, in Statesboro is 1, in Stockbridge is 6, in Sugar Hill is 2, in Suwanee is 3, in Tifton is 2, in Tucker is 2, in Valdosta is 2, in Vidalia is 2, in Villa Rica is 1, in Warner Robins is 5, in Washington is 1, in Winder is 1, and in Woodstock is 3.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Georgia has a population of 9,072,576. Of this population, 2,319,806 are under the age of 18 and 865,997 are at or above the age of 65.