Cardiology is a medicine sector that covers the clinical study, treatment and imaging of the heart actions and diseases.

See also Ischemia, Calcium Score, Cardiac Phase, Diastole, Adventitia, Defibrillator, ECG Trigger, Arrhythmia Rejection.

The Germany-based pharmaceutical company is the result of the take-over of Schering AG by Bayer AG in 2006. The Bayer Schering Pharma AG is part of the Bayer HealthCare AG, which represents the pharmaceutical part of the Bayer Group. Activities of the Bayer Schering Pharma AG are Diagnostic Imaging, Hematology & Cardiology, Oncology, Primary Care, Specialized Therapeutics and Women's Healthcare. The diagnostic imaging part's contrast agents for MRI, x-ray and CT are 'world-market leaders'.
See also Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals.

Nuclear cardiology has a wide range of techniques that permit the accurate assessment of perfusion, metabolism, sympathetic innervation, and mechanical function of the heart.

Scintigraphic techniques of the heart include:
See also Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging.

See Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Myocardial scintigraphy is a nuclear cardiology method for the diagnosis of various forms of heart disease.

See also Myocardial Late Enhancement, Cardiac MRI and Echocardiography.