Maouidi

Cardiology

The cardiologist: your numbers before your symptoms

Cardiology works from measurement more than from complaint: blood pressure, the ECG trace, the ultrasound, the blood results. The most useful thing you can bring to the appointment is therefore not a description of the pain but your numbers — the readings you took at home, your previous traces, and the complete list of what you are currently taking.

What this specialist handles

  • High blood pressure: diagnosis, getting treatment balanced, and long-term follow-up.
  • Chest pain or tightness that appears on exertion and eases with rest.
  • Palpitations and rhythm disturbances.
  • Breathlessness on effort that was not there before.
  • Follow-up after a cardiac event or after heart surgery.
  • Cardiovascular risk assessment where risk factors exist: diabetes, cholesterol, smoking, family history.

When to book

  • Home readings that stay high across several days.
  • New breathlessness on effort, or unusual fatigue on the stairs.
  • Repeated palpitations, or the feeling of a skipped beat.
  • When another practitioner asks for a cardiac opinion before an operation.

What the visit looks like

A first consultation usually holds three parts in one session: the history, including family history; the physical examination with blood pressure taken in both arms; and the ECG. A heart ultrasound may be added in the same room where the machine is available.

Some tests do not happen the same day: an exercise test, or a 24-hour Holter recording. Those are scheduled later and need a third appointment for interpretation — worth asking about before you leave the practice.

Booking on Maouidi

  1. Install the Maouidi app on Android and create an account with your phone number.

  2. Search by specialty, then filter by wilaya.

  3. Open the practitioner or clinic profile: address, services, and how they take bookings.

  4. Pick your slot. Some practitioners work in fixed time slots, others hand out queue numbers for the day — the app shows which one each of them uses.

  5. Confirm. The appointment appears in the app, together with your queue number if the practitioner works that way.

  6. Turn up at the time or the number shown. Consultations are paid at the clinic. If something comes up, cancel in the app ahead of time so the place goes to someone else.

Cardiac follow-up rarely ends at one visit. If you leave with a test request, think about the results appointment the same day: cardiology waits are among the longest. In the Maouidi app, choose “Cardiology” and filter by your wilaya.

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Common questions

Is every chest pain a heart problem?

No — a great deal of chest pain comes from muscles, from the stomach or from anxiety. But new pain spreading to the arm or jaw, or coming with sweating, nausea and breathlessness, is not something to book: it is an emergency.

What should I bring to the appointment?

A log of home blood-pressure readings with their dates, your previous traces and reports, your most recent blood tests, and a named list of everything you take. Those four change the consultation more than any description of symptoms.

My blood pressure is high but I feel fine — should I book?

High blood pressure usually cannot be felt, which is a reason to follow it rather than to postpone. If home readings stay high, raise it with your doctor — this is general information, not a treatment decision.

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