- cardiohepatic angle
- the angle formed by the horizontal limit of hepatic dullness with the upright line of cardiac dullness in the fifth right intercostal space, close to the sternal border; called also Ebstein a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cardiohepatic angle
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