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Thoracic surgery refers to any type of surgery performed on organs and tissues in your chest cavity, such as your lungs, heart, and esophagus among others.
Here are a few thoracic surgery themed illustrations created by the Medical Illustration Sourcebook Artists.
Glen Oomen Medical & Scientific Graphics
This image uses a colour gradient to describe the ejection flow patterns associated with two different types of common bicuspid aortic valves. The two different flow patterns actually inflict different shear stresses on the walls of the ascending aorta and produce two different types of aneurysm
Saphenous vein graft- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using the saphenous vein
Illustration for Operative Thoracic Surgery Journal – Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting using an artery stabilizing device
Transverse cut through a Thoracic vertebrae
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