About

Malaysian Society of Cardiovascular Technologist (MSCVT)

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Description of Profession

Cardiovascular Technologist (CVT) is an allied health profession which specifically focuses in diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac and vascular diseases. Through the use of specific high-technology equipment and at the direction of a qualified physician, a Cardiovascular Technologist (CVT) performs cardiovascular examination and therapeutic procedures to create an easily definable data, from which correct anatomic and physiologic diagnosis may be developed for each individual patient. The CVT therefore is a highly specialized diagnostician of the various presentations of cardiovascular diseases.


  1. Non-Invasive Cardiovascular
  2. Invasive Cardiovascular
  3. Non-Invasive Peripheral Vascular
  4. Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology
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The scope of duty of CVTs should include, but are not limited to, these subspecialty areas:

  1. Non-invasive cardiovascular
    The CVT independently performs the following noninvasive cardiovascular investigation procedures and analyzes the data in order to create easily definable information which can be used by the clinicians for the patients’ management.

  2. Invasive cardiovascular
    In an invasive cardiovascular laboratory, CVTs have collaboration with other allied professionals such as Cardiac Angiographers and Catheterization Lab Nurses in supporting Cardiologists to perform the diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures.

  3. Non-invasive Peripheral Vascular
    CVTs specialized in this area are capable of independently performing various vascular procedures.

  4. Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology

    The duties of the CVTs in this subspecialty area are divided into invasive electrophysiology laboratory and non-invasive electrophysiology lab.

    In invasive electrophysiology laboratory, CVTs collaborate with other allied professionals such as Cardiac Angiographers and Cardiac Catheterization Lab Nurse in supporting electrophysiologists to perform various invasive electrophysiological diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and implantation of rhythm management devices.