Understanding the anatomy of the phrenic nerves is essential ... near the left ventricle. The right phrenic nerve descends just lateral to the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart.

More serious phrenic nerve damage can paralyze the diaphragm and cause difficulty breathing. You actually have two of these nerves — the right and left phrenic nerves. They both stem from spinal ...

Desperate measures were called for. The surgeon cut into her neck above the collarbone, snipped off an inch and a half of the right phrenic nerve. Like a disconnected electric vibrator ...

There are few concrete medical cures for the hiccups, but experts know that stopping them ideally involves the diaphragm, the vagus nerve and the phrenic nerve. Fortunately, many of the remedies ...

They can occur for a number of reasons, including a blow to the stomach, a hiatial hernia, or phrenic nerve irritation ... a direct hit to your abdomen. Right after the hit, you may have ...

X rays appeared to indicate irritability of the right phrenic nerve. Stopping that nerve from functioning seemed the only thing that might help. Last week Lucy was wheeled into an operating room ...