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.
Non-interventional radiologists averaged slightly less at $485,334 per year, and invasive cardiologists -- who perform similar procedures, but are more narrowly focused on the heart -- earned more at an average of $586,765 per year.rofiles reports that interventional radiologists in their sixth year of practice, the point at which most have taken their board exams, earn an average of $469,800 a year.