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Vascular supply

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The vascular supply to the pericardium can be divided into:

  • arterial supply:
    • fibrous pericardium and parietal layer of serous pericardium:
      • pericardiophrenic arteries
      • musculophrenic arteries
      • bronchial arterial branches of aorta
      • oesophageal arterial branches of aorta
      • superior phrenic arterial branches of aorta
    • visceral layer of serous pericardium: coronary arterial supply

venous drainage:

þþ azygous system

  • pericardiophrenic veins

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