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What's the difference between cardiology and cardiac surgery?
There are differences in treatment methods and symptoms between cardiology and cardiac surgery.

1, processing method.

Cardiac surgery is a relatively young discipline in the field of surgery, which mainly treats heart diseases by surgery, such as heart bypass surgery, congenital heart disease surgery, valve replacement and so on.

Cardiology is mainly based on drug treatment.

2. Symptoms are treated.

Cardiology mainly includes arrhythmia, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, hypertension, coronary heart disease, myocardial disease, pericardial disease, congenital heart disease and common bedside cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment techniques.

Common heart diseases treated by cardiac surgery include congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, coronary heart disease, thoracic aortic aneurysm, pericardial disease and cardiac tumor.

Extended data:

Pediatric cardiology

Cardiovascular disease in children is a common clinical disease in pediatrics. With the development of medicine, people's understanding of cardiovascular diseases in children is gradually improving. In recent years, the introduction of some advanced diagnosis and treatment techniques and treatment methods has also significantly increased the cure rate of cardiovascular diseases in children.

Therefore, understanding the basic theory and clinical characteristics of cardiovascular diseases in children is helpful to make a correct diagnosis and take corresponding treatment measures as soon as possible.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-cardiac surgery

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-cardiology