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 ].
2. Thoracic cavity: thoracic means chest, this cavity is located in the anterior portion of the body and the mediastinum. It contains the cavity that surrounds the breast bone and ribs. Containing the lungs, heart, trachea, larynx and bronchial tubes.3.t also contains the pituitary and endocrine glands. 2. Thoracic cavity: thoracic means chest, this cavity is located in the anterior portion of the body and the mediastinum. It contains the cavity that surrounds the breast bone and ribs. Containing the lungs, heart, trachea, larynx and bronchial tubes. 3.