The longer a stent is in place, the more cells from the artery's inner lining will have grown over and around the metal struts of the stent, like ivy on a trellis. This tissue helps hold the stent in place. One implanted several years ago should be firmly anchored. Even so, check with your doctor.
Heart is located safely inside the chest cavity which looks like a cage bound by the ribs and breast bone (sternum). The chest cavity is also called as thoracic cavity and it lies between neck and abdomen. Heart lies slightly to the left in the chest cavity. [ 2 ].
1. chest cavity-the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart. thoracic cavity. bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body.ediastinum-the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus. chest, pectus, thorax-the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.