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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.
Synonyms: cardiodiaphragmatic angle, phrenopericardial angle.
(05 Mar 2000)
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