Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five ...

The cervical nodules were identified at cervical level III, and continuity with the C4 nerve root was detected in both patients. The nerve root, located between the scalenus medius and longus capitis ...

The internal mammary artery in the chest is sometimes removed for use in coronary bypass surgery, and this procedure sometimes injures the phrenic nerve, which is close by.

Both phrenic nerves are supplied by the pericardiophrenic artery, which is a branch of the internal thoracic artery, and drained by the superior phrenic vein.. Location The phrenic nerves begin in the ...

A high cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is an injury in the upper neck between the first and fourth cervical vertebrae (C1 to C4). SCIs can damage the phrenic nerve that controls the diaphragm (the ...

The phrenic nerve controls the diaphragm, which is the main muscle used for breathing. High cervical spinal cord injury can affect the phrenic nerve, which means that some people need a mechanical ...

The deep or muscular cervical plexus innervates the deeper structures of the neck, including muscles of anterior neck and diaphragm via the ansa cervicalis, phrenic and segmental branches. The carotid ...

HOUSTON -- Use of transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation (TPNS) was linked to a five-fold higher chance of better clinical outcomes for patients with central sleep apnea and heart failure ...

Dad, 45, thought he had a pinched nerve in his neck. A rare cancer was to blame As an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, Len Barchanowicz led an active life and had few health problems.

Dr. John Smirniotopoulos, a board-certified vascular and interventional radiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, discusses how Genicular nerve ablation (GNA) and Genicular artery… ...

From a non-metric perspective, regional anatomical relationships were similar side-to-side. Each Virchow node was located anterior to the phrenic nerve, transverse cervical artery (which was involved ...