For surgeries involving the upper arm or shoulder, nerve blocks are most commonly performed in the area around your collarbone (interscalene block). For extensive arthroscopic shoulder surgery and shoulder replacement, we routinely place a catheter near the nerves to deliver numbing medicine into the area for 2-3 days.
The above figures are for invasive cardiologists. For non-invasive cardiologist, the median annual salary is reported to be $346,000. The lowest 10th percentile earns about $221,000 and the highest 10th percentile earns about $484,000 per year.
National Salary Range. According to the website Medscape, physicians specializing in cardiology earned an average of $357,000 per year in 2012. This was the second-highest salary among 25 specialities surveyed. Only 16 percent of cardiologists reported annual salaries of less than $200,000.ay by Region. The region in which they practiced had a significant impact on cardiologist salaries in 2012, according to Medscape. The very lowest average salaries were reported in the Northeast, where cardiologists averaged $311,000 per year, and in California and Hawaii, where they averaged $318,000.