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. 2010 Jul 14;7(4):304–311. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00712.x

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Representative transverse MR images at the level of the aortic root selected from a stack of 50 contiguous 5‐mm thick sections covering the entire thorax. The images were obtained from: (A) a non‐sternotomised pig and (B) a sternotomised pig before (0 mmHg) and (C) after the application of −125 mmHg. Note the differences in the size, shape and position of the intra‐thoracic organs induced by sternotomy and topical negative pressure. In particular, note how negative pressure wound therapy draws the two sternal edges closer to each other (white bars), thereby decreasing the circumference of the thorax, making it similar to that of the non‐sternotomised pig.