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Pediatric cardiologist job description needed?
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Hearty doc for kids: A pediatric cardiologist is a physician who specialized in peditrics for 3 years and then specialized in the pediatric heartfor another 3 years. He studies congenital heart disease, echocardiograms, ekg and all disease entities that affect a child or teen's heart. He almost always board certified in both pediatrics and pediatric cardiology.
Answered 7/8/2012
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Job description: Evaluated and treat patients (fetus through adult) with any form of cardiovascular disease. This may mean giving meds to mom carrying a fetus with an irregular heartbeat . Closing a hole in the heart of a 3 year old with a catheter system through the leg vein. Or reducing blood pressure in an obese teen. Training: med school, peds residency, peds cardiology fellowship . Sorry 400 characters!
Answered 1/23/2015
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