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ArticleScientific reports2022

Morphometric analysis of the human common hepatic artery reveals a rich and accessible target for sympathetic liver denervation.

Abraham Rami Tzafriri, Fernando Garcia-Polite, John Keating, Raffaele Melidone, Jennifer Knutson, Peter Markham, Elazer R Edelman, Felix Mahfoud

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Periarterial nerves along the human hepatic artery: anatomical determinants for cardiometabolic neuromodulation.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. A preclinical study of combined hepatic and renal artery denervation.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Multi-Organ Denervation: The Past, Present and Future.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abraham Rami TzafririCBSET Inc., 500 Shire Way, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA. rtzafriri@cbset.org.
Fernando Garcia-PoliteCBSET Inc., 500 Shire Way, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA.
John KeatingCBSET Inc., 500 Shire Way, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA.
Raffaele MelidoneCBSET Inc., 500 Shire Way, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA.
Jennifer KnutsonCBSET Inc., 500 Shire Way, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA.
Peter MarkhamCBSET Inc., 500 Shire Way, Lexington, MA, 02421, USA.
Elazer R EdelmanIMES, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Felix MahfoudDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USSaarland University · DE

Funding

NIH HHS R01 49039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study quantified the distribution of nerves and adjacent anatomies surrounding human common hepatic artery (CHA) as guidance for catheter based denervation. CHA collected from cadaveric human donors (n = 20) were histologically evaluated and periarterial dimensions and distributions of nerves, lymph nodes, pancreas and blood vessels quantified by digital morphometry. Nerve abundance decreased significantly with distance from the aortic ostium (P < 0.0001) and was higher in the Superior/Inferior compared to the Anterior/Posterior quadrants (P = 0.014). In each locational group, nerves were absent from the artery wall, and starting 0.5-1.0 mm from the lumen exhibited a first order dependence on radial distance, fully defined by the median distance. Median subject-averaged nerve distance to the lumen was 2.75 mm, ranging from 2.1-3.1 mm in different arterial segments and quadrants and 2.0-3.5 mm in individuals. Inter-individual variance was high, with certain individuals exhibiting 50th and 75th nerve distances of, respectively, 3.5 and 6.5 mm The pancreas rarely approached within 4 mm of the lumen proximally and 2.5 mm more distally. The data indicate that the CHA is a rich and accessible target for sympathetic denervation regardless of sex and diabetes, with efficacy and safety most optimally balanced proximally.

Indexed as

AgedAutopsyBlood VesselsCatheter AblationFemaleHepatic ArteryHumansLiverLiver CirculationLymph NodesMalePancreasSympathectomySympathetic Nervous System

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PMID35082349
PMCPMC8792043
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