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cardiology

branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system
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cardiology
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Summary

cardiology is a medical specialty[1]. cardiology draws 5,159 Wikipedia views per month (medical specialty category, ranking #31 of 177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3]
  • Subclass of: medicine[4], cardiovascular medicine and haematology[5]
  • Part of: internal medicine[6]
  • Commons category: Cardiology[7]
  • Has part(s): cardiotoxicology[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cardiology[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=cardiology[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11]
  • History of topic: Storia della cardiologia[12]
  • Is the study of: heart[13]
  • Practiced by: cardiologist[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of cardiology[16]
  • P14692: Hémilly[17]

Why It Matters

cardiology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] cardiology is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Anke Wijbenga cardiovascular disease Darko Medin Helen B. Taussig Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía internal medicine Jan Řehoř medicine National Center for Cardiovascular Research Netherlands Heart Institute Rossi Setchi Werner Forssmann

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21h ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 102
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca',
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-WruU-jMCS-RCFy
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-WruU-jMCS-RCFy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250709689|kardiologia (#250709689)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl to"
  2. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Hémilly
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000976-kardiologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000976-kardiologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 22w ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Wikimedia outline → outline of cardiology
    Has parts → —
    Is the study of → heart
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edam ontology id: topic_3335, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759091|Cardiology (#289759091)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #"
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