Doctors use an imager to see where blood flow is weak. This image of an abnormalheart shows weakness in blue or black.
This is what a normal, healthy heart looks like.
The heart is enlarged in this image, showing a bypass graft, indicated by thesquiggly line.
This is what a heart with normal blood flow looks like.
This aorta shows evidence of a an aneurysm, a widening of the blood vessel. Thewhite line points to the aneurysm.
These images compare a normal abdominal aorta to an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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