IN YOUR OPINION, why are cardiologists important??

Well I have (and always will have) a cardiologist because I was born with several heart defects (most required open-heart surgery to repair). I am doing fine now but every year I get an appointment to have a follow-up with my cardiologist, just to see how my heart is doing & making sure one of my defects is not worsening the condition of my heart. I just know that without the amazing Cardiologists & Cardiac-surgeons, I would not be alive today. They r extremely important to my life as well as thousands & thousands of other people that have heart defects, conditions, & disorders that require seeing a cardiologist!
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Because without them, I'd probably be dead by now.

Because when someone focuses and specializes in one specialty, they can advance their skills and knowledge beyond what a general practicioner can have.

Because heart disease runs in my family, and without it my grandmother would have died much sooner (she died this week of a heart attack), and my father would probably be gone by now too. He is had a bypass, several angiograms, and a stint placed in his heart.