Management of various cardiac disorders includes complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, which involve use of various equipment, hardware, tools, machines, and pharmacological agents Handling of these equipment and tools as well as their regular maintenance requires advanced and focused knowledge of the scientific principles on which the tests and equipment function, as well as to have hands-on skill in using this equipment correctly and safely.

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Highlights of Cardiovascular Technology

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1. Cardiovascular technologist performs Electrocardiogram procedure to patients with history of angina and patients with history of cardiothoracic surgery or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

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2. Technologists specialized in cardiovascular diagnosis performs various other test together called as cardiac stress tests, which comprises of Dopamine stress test and Treadmill test (TMT).

 

3. In the department of cardiology, cardiovascular technologists play a major role in the diagnosis of the patient with the ailments and reporting it back to the physician.

 

4. In addition to the above mentioned duties they also perform echocardiography, in which they view the heart real time and produce results. These results are completely reliable and they are entirely produced by the cardiovascular technologists.

 

5. The Echocardiographic results produced by the cardiac technologists can tell us about the function of the four valves in the heart and also the ejection fraction of the heart. Some dysfunctions like wall motion abnormality and heart failure can be validated through echo report.