3D Printing is a Transformative Technology in Congenital Heart Disease

Shafkat Anwar, MD; Gautam K. Singh, MD; Jacob Miller, MD; Monica Sharma, MS; Peter Manning, MD; Joseph J. Billadello, MD; Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD; Pamela K. Woodard, MD

JACC: Basic to Translational Science (Apr 2018)

3D Printing is a Transformative Technology in Congenital Heart Disease

Shafkat Anwar, MD,
Gautam K. Singh, MD,
Jacob Miller, MD,
Monica Sharma, MS,
Peter Manning, MD,
Joseph J. Billadello, MD,
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD,
Pamela K. Woodard, MD

Affiliations

Shafkat Anwar, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Address for correspondence: Dr. Shafkat Anwar, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, One Children’s Place, Campus Box 8116–NWT, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Gautam K. Singh, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Jacob Miller, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Monica Sharma, MS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Peter Manning, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Joseph J. Billadello, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Pamela K. Woodard, MD: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 294 – 312

Abstract

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Summary: 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 continue the gains made over the past 80 years, transformative changes with broad impact are needed in management of congenital heart disease. Three-dimensional printing is an emerging technology that is fundamentally affecting patient care, research, trainee education, and interactions among medical teams, patients, and caregivers. This paper first reviews key clinical cases where the technology has affected patient care. It then discusses 3-dimensional printing in trainee education. Thereafter, the role of this technology in communication with multidisciplinary teams, patients, and caregivers is described. Finally, the paper reviews translational technologies on the horizon that promise to take this nascent field even further. Key Words: cardiac imaging, cardiothoracic surgery, congenital heart disease, simulation, 3D printing

Published in JACC: Basic to Translational Science

ISSN: 2452-302X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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