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cardiodiaphragmatic angle (medicine)


cardiodiaphragmatic angle -->
cardiophrenic angle


The angle between the heart and the diaphragm at either lateral end of the cardiac projection on imaging (usually the chest X-ray film). The right cardiophrenic angle is normally indistinguishable from the cardiohepatic angle radiographically.

Synonym: cardiodiaphragmatic angle, phrenopericardial angle.