Abstract 3D-printed models fabricated from CT, MRI, or echocardiography data provide the
advantage of haptic feedback, direct manipulation, and enhanced understanding of …

Three-dimensional (3D) printing refers to a number of manufacturing technologies that
create physical models from digital information. Radiology is poised to advance the …

Rationale: One goal of cardiac tissue engineering is the generation of a living, human pump
in vitro that could replace animal models and eventually serve as an in vivo therapeutic …

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of 3D printed models (3D models) on surgical planning
in complex congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS A prospective case-crossover study …

Objective The use of 3-dimensional (3D) printing in medicine has rapidly expanded in recent
years as the technology has developed. The potential uses of 3D printing are manifold. This …

Survival in congenital heart disease has steadily improved since 1938, when Dr. Robert
Gross successfully ligated for the first time a patent ductus arteriosus in a 7-year-old child. To …

3D printing in adult cardiac and vascular surgery has been evaluated over the last 10 years,
and all of the available literature reports benefits from the use of 3D models. In the present …

As the medical applications of three-dimensional (3D) printing increase, so does the number
of health care organizations in which adoption or expansion of 3D printing facilities is under …

3D printing facilitates the creation of accurate physical models of patient‐specific anatomy
from medical imaging datasets. While the majority of models to date are created from …

Understanding the anatomical features and generation of realistic three-dimensional (3D)
visualization of congenital heart disease (CHD) is always challenging due to the complexity …