A Heart for the Future

Did you give your friends valentines and little heart-shaped candies on Valentine's Day? Do you turn on the radio to hear a guy singing about his broken heart? The heart is much more than candy and songs. It is a puzzle, and it has taken man many years to try and fit the pieces together. Each year more medical technology is discovered, and more pieces are added. Over the years doctors and researchers continue to study the heart in hopes of better understanding how the pieces fit. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary the medical study of the heart and its diseases is called cardiology (Cardiology). Since the study of the heart began, remarkable technological advances have been made, and future technological advances promise an even more relentless pace of technological advances.
Those who work in the field of cardiology include doctors, surgeons, and nurses. A doctor or surgeon must obtain a medical degree, and study for several years in cardiology. Nurses are requir...