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Figure 19.4 Lateral (a) and ventrodorsal (b) thoracic images of a 1-year-old cat with chronic exercise intolerance. The cardiac
margin is outlined by radiolucent fat ventrally and caudally on the lateral (a) image. The left cardiac margin can be seen through
the fat opacity in the left hemithorax. The ventral half of the diaphragm is poorly visualized. Falciform fat was herniated through
a chronic rent in the left diaphragm. (c) Transverse ultrasound image of the liver showing a defect in the left diaphragm with
disorganized fat extending cranially and dorsally into the thoracic cavity. (d) Transverse ultrasound image of the thorax through
the left sixth intercostal space. Fat (F) surrounds the heart (H) along the left hemithorax.