Moving towards the thoracic cavity, which is where the heart and lungs would be, revealed that both were hidden, with the heart completely blocked by the visceral fat put on by the individual.

Thoracic ultrasound (TUS) is a valuable clinical tool which is increasingly being performed by chest physicians. In the UK, guidelines have recently been published with suggested training for ...

In the thoracic visceral zone the reflex muscular response may be of such magnitude in light planes of Pentothal anesthesia as to precipitate an expiratory arrest of respiration during the period ...

Results: After adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, BMI, and cardiovascular risk factors, each additional hour of weekly physical activity predicted 2.54 cm2 less visceral fat and 0.34 cm2 less ...

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Ayalp, K., Kaba, E., Demirhan, O., Ozyurthan, M.O. and Toker, A. (2015) A Late Visceral Hernia after Diaphragmatic Flap Coverage of the Bronchial Stump. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 7, E198-E200. has ...

1 Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, ...

Functional recordings from visceral afferents are challenged by the sparse nature of visceral innervations, i.e., visceral afferent somata being the minority in the DRG. For example, colorectal ...

In a new study, lower thoracic visceral adipose tissue was associated with elevated risk for pulmonary hypertension in patients with advanced lung disease undergoing evaluation for lung ...