cardiology duration

card_dur

general

Updated 3/30/2026

Definition

The time span length for a heart specialty care. Used in healthcare data management and clinical workflows. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for cardiology management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

card_dur

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  card_dur VARCHAR(100),  -- cardiology duration
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  card_dur as cardiology_duration
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Healthcare data warehouse schema design and modeling
Interoperability and cross-system data exchange
ETL pipeline development and orchestration
Master data management (MDM) programs
Analytics and business intelligence reporting

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
card_dur

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  card_dur     VARCHAR(255),  -- cardiology duration
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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