Surface and volume-rendered images offer a 3D representation of the heart and the epicardial ... is selected inappropriately, will the great cardiac vein (GCV) at the proximity of the left ...

Matthew Thompson, a cardiac physician ... a healthy vein from Raymond's leg so it will be ready for Raymond's quadruple bypass operation. In order to get blood to the heart muscle of a by-pass ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

The vena cava is the largest vein in the body. It carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart. The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle to the ...