Heart Care in 21st Century
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2018, Vol 116, Issue 9
Abstract
Before 1970, cardiologists used to be physicians with special interest in the treatment of heart diseases. In 50 years time, today, cardiology is an independent speciality with multiple divisions like noninvasive, invasive/interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure as speciality, paediatric cardiology and molecular cardiology etc.
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RABINDRA NATH CHAKRABORTY
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