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electrocardiography

method to record the electrical activity of the heart through passive electrodes placed over the skin.
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Summary

electrocardiography is a medical test type[1]. electrocardiography ranks in the top 2% of medical test type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,209 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: medical test[3], recording[4], diagnostic test in cardiology[5]
  • Part of: electrophysiology[6]
  • Commons category: ECG[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:ECG[8]
  • Product or material produced: electrocardiogram[9]
  • Described by source: Small Soviet Encyclopedia[10]
  • Short name: EKG[11], ECG[12], ЭКГ[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: electrical conduction system of the heart[15]

Why It Matters

electrocardiography has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] electrocardiography is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . 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. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['zy5pj', '2RigDk']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → medical test type
    Svkkl authority id → h0000914-elektrokardiografie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000914-elektrokardiografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 18w ago · ~2026-33882-27 · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → medical test type
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: Medical History"
  4. 23w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subreddit → EKGs
    Aliases → —
    Patientslikeme treatment id → electrocardiogram-ekg
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Subreddit: EKGs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144657520|EKGs (#144657520)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #mix'n'"
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