Medical treatment specifically directed at healing, strengthening, or restoring the function of the heart.
Greek 'kardia' (heart) + 'therapeia' (healing, medical treatment), a medical specialty term emerging in the 19th century. As understanding of cardiac disease grew, cardiotherapy became a distinct field with specialized practitioners.
The history of cardiotherapy reveals how medicine advances—from ancient physicians prescribing bed rest to modern doctors implanting mechanical hearts—each generation's 'best practices' reflects what technology and science made possible at that moment.
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