"Phrenic Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The motor nerve of the diaphragm. The phrenic nerve fibers originate in the cervical spinal column (mostly C4) and travel through the cervical plexus to the diaphragm.
Descriptor ID |
D010791
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MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.150.700
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Concept/Terms |
Phrenic Nerve- Phrenic Nerve
- Nerve, Phrenic
- Nerves, Phrenic
- Phrenic Nerves
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phrenic Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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A ferromagnetic surgical system reduces phrenic nerve injury in redo congenital cardiac surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 05 01; 24(5):802-803.
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Ablation of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia: A Systematic Review of the Literature. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017 03; 3(3):253-265.
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Ultrasound-Guided Phrenic Nerve Block for Intractable Hiccups following Placement of Esophageal Stent for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Pain Physician. 2016 05; 19(4):E653-6.
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Strategies for phrenic nerve preservation during ablation of inappropriate sinus tachycardia. Heart Rhythm. 2016 06; 13(6):1238-1245.
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Neurofibromas of the Phrenic Nerve: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 88:237-242.
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Diaphragmatic pacing and protocol with locked-in syndrome. PM R. 2012 Feb; 4(2):152-3.
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Nerve and conduction tissue injury caused by contact with BioGlue. J Surg Res. 2007 Dec; 143(2):286-93.
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A model of the rat phrenic motor neuron. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2004 Jul; 51(7):1103-14.
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Long-term follow-up of pacing of the conditioned diaphragm in quadriplegia. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2002 Jun; 25(6):897-906.
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Delayed diaphragm recovery in 12 patients after high cervical spinal cord injury. A retrospective review of the diaphragm status of 107 patients ventilated after acute spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 1999 Feb; 37(2):117-22.