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Beyond Flatland The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Marc R. de Leval, MD, FRCS The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 125, Issue 1, Pages 12-19 (January 2003) DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.59 Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 The visitation of A Sphere through Flatland, perceived by A Square as a circle changing in time. (Illustration from Beyond the Third Dimension: Geometry, Computer Graphics, and Higher Dimension by Thomas F. Banchoff, © 1990 by Scientific American Library. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.) The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 125, 12-19DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2003.59) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Three-dimensional grids of hemi-Fontan circulation combined with bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis (BCPA), lateral tunnel, and extracardiac Fontan circulation. TCPC, Total cavopulmonary connection. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 125, 12-19DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2003.59) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 M.C. Escher's “Dragon.” From Hofstadter DR. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. © 2002 Cordon Art B.V. Baarn, Holland. All rights reserved. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 125, 12-19DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2003.59) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Fig. 4 M.C. Escher's “Smaller and Smaller.” From Schattschneider D. M.C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry. © 2002 Cordon Art B.V. Baarn, Holland. All rights reserved. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2003 125, 12-19DOI: (10.1067/mtc.2003.59) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions