Anatom3DLeft superior intercostal artery
Arteria intercostalis suprema sinistra · Levá horní mezižeberní tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A branch of the costocervical trunk running down in front of the necks of the first two ribs.
What it does
Gives the first and second posterior intercostal arteries.
Keeping it well
Rarely a problem; can feed bleeding in the upper chest after injury.
Related conditions
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Takayasu arteritis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)