Definition
Individuals who assist physicians in diagnosing and treating cardiac (heart) and peripheral vascular (blood vessel) ailments. They generally specialize in one of three areas: invasive cardiology where they assist physicians with cardiac catherization, balloon angioplasty or other invasive procedures; echocardiography where they use ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures; or vascular technology where they use ultrasound instrumentation to record vascular information such as vascular blood flow, blood pressure, limb volume changes, oxygen saturation, cerebral circulation, peripheral circulation and abdominal circulation to identify irregularities. Cardiovascular technologists may also specialize in electrocardiograms (EKGs), stress testing or Holter monitoring, all methods for recording the electrical activity of the heart.
URL Name
YO-3000-5000-100
Third Level Code
YO-3000
Taxonomy Code
YO-3000.5000-100
Parent Code
YO-3000.5000
Family Code
Y
Second Level Code
YO
Fifth Level Code
YO-3000-5000-100
Fourth Level Code
YO-3000-5000
Use References
Cardiographic Technicians, Cardiology Technologists, EKG Technicians, Vascular Sonographers, Vascular Technologists
Publication Status
Online