Pericardiacophrenic artery
{{Infobox artery
| Name = Pericardiacophrenic artery
| Latin = arteria pericardiacophrenica
| Image = Gray806.png
| Caption = The phrenic nerve and its relations with the vagus nerve. (Pericardiacophrenic artery not labeled, but region is visible.)
| Image2 = Gray530.png
| Caption2 = The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side. (Pericardiacophrenic labeled at center left.)
| BranchFrom = Internal thoracic
| BranchTo =
| Vein = Pericardiacophrenic veins
| Supplies = Pericardium, thoracic diaphragm
}}
The pericardiacophrenic artery is a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery.{{Cite journal|last1=Horton|first1=Rodney|last2=Di Biase|first2=Luigi|last3=Reddy|first3=Vivek|last4=Neuzil|first4=Petr|last5=Mohanty|first5=Prasant|last6=Sanchez|first6=Javier|last7=Nguyen|first7=Tuan|last8=Mohanty|first8=Sanghamitra|last9=Gallinghouse|first9=G. Joseph|last10=Bailey|first10=Shane M.|last11=Zagrodzky|first11=Jason D.|date=July 2010|title=Locating the right phrenic nerve by imaging the right pericardiophrenic artery with computerized tomographic angiography: Implications for balloon-based procedures|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.03.027|journal=Heart Rhythm|volume=7|issue=7|pages=937–941|doi=10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.03.027|pmid=20348030|issn=1547-5271}}
Anatomy
= Origin =
= Course =
The pericardiacophrenic arteries travel through the thoracic cavity. They course through the fibrous pericardium. The pericardiacophrenic artery accompanies the phrenic nerve between the pleura and pericardium, to the diaphragm.{{Cite journal|last1=Chapman|first1=Sally A.|last2=Holmes|first2=Mark D.|last3=Taylor|first3=D. James|date=2000-07-01|title=Unilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis Following Bronchial Artery Embolization for Hemoptysis|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369215390395|journal=Chest|language=en|volume=118|issue=1|pages=269–270|doi=10.1378/chest.118.1.269|pmid=10893396|issn=0012-3692}} This is where both the artery and the phrenic nerve are distributed.
= Distribution =
The pericardiacophrenic arteries provide arterial supply to the fibrous pericardium,{{Cite book|title=Gray's Anatomy for Students, 3rd Edition|last=Drake|first=Richard|publisher=Saunders|pages=182}} and (along with the musculophrenic arteries) the diaphragm.{{Cite book|title=Gray's Anatomy for Students, 3rd Edition|last=Drake|first=Richard|publisher=Saunders|pages=162}}
= Anastomoses =
It anastomoses with the musculophrenic, and superior phrenic arteries.{{Cite journal |last1=Sajja |first1=Lokeswara Rao |last2=Mannam |first2=Gopichand |last3=Dandu |first3=Satya Bhaskara Raju |last4=Sompalli |first4=Sriramulu |date=2012-08-01 |title=Reduction of sternal wound infections in diabetic patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and using modified pedicle bilateral internal thoracic artery harvest technique |journal=The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |language=en |volume=144 |issue=2 |pages=480–485 |doi=10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.03.024 |issn=0022-5223 |pmid=22498089 |doi-access=free}}
References
{{Gray's}}
External links
- {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|19|11|01|04}} - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: Structures Beneath the Left Mediastinal pleura"
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