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Cardiologist is the physician who is specialized in this field of medicine. Cardiologists treat the diseases like congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and  electro-physiology.

To become a cardiologist, you are required to go through a long period of medical studies for acquiring licensure and board certification. After the completion of 10+2 with PCB , you can continue your studies towards becoming the cardiologist. Steps leading to the cardiologist are as follows:

• Earns a bachelor degree with MBBS after 10+2.
• Get the admission in PG course leading to Doctor of Medicine (MD) in general medicine.
• After finishing three-year degree of MD, go for the super specialty course of 3-year DM in Cardiology to be a Cardiologist.

MBBS (5 1/2 years) + MD (3 years) + DM in cardiology (3 years) = 11 1/2 years = Cardiologist

Courses offered in this field are listed below:

• Diploma in Cardio Vascular Technology
• PG Diploma in Clinical Cardiology Course (PGDCC)
• B.Sc in Cardiac Care Technology
• Post Graduate Diploma in Community Cardiology
• Master of Science in Cardio logical nursing
• M. Ch in Cardiology
• M. Ch Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
• DNB Cardio Thoracic Surgery
• Doctor of Medicine in Cardiology

To get admission in MBBS programme, you need to appear in medical entrance exams . NEET 2018 is the renowned entrance examination conducted by CBSE for admitting students in Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course. For admission o PG courses candidates may appear in AIIMS PG 2018 , NEET PG 2018 etc. Many prestigious institutions also organizes their own entrance test for granting admission. Some of these are listed below:

• AIIMS 2018
• JIPMER 2018
• CMC Vellore 2018

Top colleges offering courses in cardiology are mentioned below:

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
• Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)
• Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry
• Dayanand Medical College and Hospital( DMCH), Punjab
• Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
• Christian Medical College, Vellore (CMC Vellore)
• Jawaharlal Institute Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER)
• Annamalai University, Tamil nadu