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Proficiency in ECG, Echocardiography, Cath & other Cardiology data is an essential skill for medical students, housestaff, resdidents, Cardiology fellows and clinicians. However, medical school and postgraduate resources to develop and upgrade the necessary high level of  cardiology data literacy are severely limited. Further, current textbook and classroom instructional materials do not adequately integrate data interpretation into specific contexts where waveform findings must be correlated with other clinical data. We have begun to address the limitations in traditional approaches to data pedagogy by creating the infrastructure for a unique web-based tutorial.
This blog is created to collect Cardiology Notes & Clinical Cases for students and teachers to help them better understand Cardiology and its application to patients. It includes ECG, Echocardiography, Cath, Cardiac CT, Cardiac MR, Nuclear Cardiology and other data related to Cardiology field. Our moto is: "Healthcare is stressful!!! Learning cardiology shouldn't be !!!"

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Dr. M. Usman Javed
Consultant Cardiologist
MBBS, FCPS (Cardiology), MRCP (UK)
Head of Cardiology Department SARF Hospital, Islamabad.

Muhammad Usman Javed, born and raised in Pakistan, he now live in Rawalpindi and work in the vibrant city Islamabad in a well-equipped Tertiary Care Hospital as Consultant Cardiologist He said "pursuing career in Interventional Cardiology provide me with the intellectual stimulation I desire in a career as well as the personal satisfaction of having a profound impact on the lives of others" He graduated in 2013 and have been working full-time as a health care professional ever since. One of the things he love most about his job is the people that he get to meet and the opportunity to do something for them as it provides great personal satisfaction by improving their quality of life with his knowledge. In his personal life, he enjoy workouts, traveling, reading books, and writing blog. He grew up loving art and design, pursuing this hobby throughout school into University. Professionallly he is able to tackle new briefs constructively; identifying what is required from him quickly and remain focused and organized throughout a task of providing health care to people. He enjoy keeping up-to-date with new guidelines and technologies through health magazines, blogs and attending conferences & expo’s.

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