Cardiology is a branch of medical specialty that deals with the disorders in heart particularly in human heart. This field of medicine includes diagnosis and treatment of electrophysiology, valvular heart disease, heart failure, artery diseases, coronary disease and congenital heart defects.

Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called as Cardiologists. Even though a number of colleges offering this course in India is higher, the names of government colleges offering this course are given below:

West Bengal:

• RG Kar Medical College, Calcutta

• Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Calcutta

• Medical College, Kolkata

• Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkota

Andhra Pradesh:

• Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

• Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

• Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati

Uttar Pradesh:

• Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow

• GSVM Medial College, Kanpur

• Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow

Assam:

• Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati

Tamil Nadu:

• Stanley Medical College, Chennai

• Madurai Medical College, Madurai

• Madras Medical College, Chennai

Delhi:

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

• Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi

Rajasthan:

• SMS Medical College, Jaipur

• R N T Medical College, Udaipur

• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer

Gujarat:

• B J Medical College, Ahmedabad

Punjab:

• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

Himachal Pradesh:

• Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla

Pondicherry:

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Karnataka:

• Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, Bangalore

Orissa:

• SCB Medical College, Cuttack

Kerala:

• Government Medical College, Kottayam

• Govt. Medical College, Calicut

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

• Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapura

Maharashtra:

• Grant Medical College, Mumbai

• Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

Eligibility for seeking admission to the DM in Cardiology course:

For seeking admission to this super specialty course, candidates must have completed their MD in Pediatrics or medicine after completion of their MBBS course with internship.

What are the basic subjects covered under DM in Cardiology course:

Basically, the course is designed in such a way as to enable the students in attaining proficiency in applied anatomy that includes developmental anatomy, pathology and physiology pertaining to cardiovascular system of human body.

What are the disorders dealt by Cardiologists?

DM in Cardiology holders or cardiologists offers treatment to the following diseases pertaining to heart:

• Systemic hypertension

• Heart failure

• Cardiac arrhythmia

• Pericardial diseases

• Tumors of heart

• Heart muscle diseases

• Traumatic heart disease

• Genetics, molecular biology and immunology related to cardiology

• Rheumatic heart disease

• Congenital heart disease and other paediatric cardiac disorder

• Peripheral vascular disorders

• Pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension

• Systemic diseases involving heart

• Epidemiology and preventive cardiology

• Pregnancy and heart disease

• General anesthesia and non cardiac surgery in patients with heart disease

• Geriatric heart disease

Future scope of DM in Cardiology holders:

Cardiologists have a very good future prospects and many multi-specialty and super-specialty hospitals in India and abroad are always on the lookout for eminent cardiologists to offer the best treatment to patients with heart diseases.