Disciplines and Occupations

Cardiology

The study of the heart, its physiology, and its functions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The study of the heart, its physiology, and its functions.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Angiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease Specialty
  • Vascular Medicine
  • Disease Specialty, Cardiovascular
  • Medicine, Vascular
  • Specialty, Cardiovascular Disease

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the discipline (education, history, etc) only; corresponding disease term is CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES or specifics

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  1. H02w.403w.429w.163w

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NLM Classification

WG 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cardiology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002309. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002309
  2. Cardiology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiology
  3. Cardiology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10379