Use of virtual reality in complex double outlet right ventricle cases

Virtual reality has been incorporated into clinical practice for planning complex congenital cardiac operations at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children since 2018 [1]. Virtual reality allows for 3-dimensional exploration of patient-specific models, created through the segmentation of 3-dime...

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Published inMultimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery Vol. 2022
Main Authors Belitsis, Georgios, Pajaziti, Endrit, Schievano, Silvia, Capelli, Claudio, Cook, Andrew, Kostolny, Martin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 12.12.2022
Subjects
Double Outlet Right Ventricle - surgery
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Congenital heart surgery
Complex repair
Education
3D simulation
Double outlet right ventricle
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Summary:Virtual reality has been incorporated into clinical practice for planning complex congenital cardiac operations at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children since 2018 [1]. Virtual reality allows for 3-dimensional exploration of patient-specific models, created through the segmentation of 3-dimensional imaging data sets. Along with 3-dimensional printed models and 3-dimensional PDFs, this technology has enabled a new approach in planning and reviewing surgical interventions. It is particularly important in intracardiac repairs involving ventricular septal defects [2] and double outlet right ventricle cases presenting with various phenotypes of interventricular communication [3,4]. We present the virtual reality environment of two complex cases of double outlet right ventricle, illustrating the potential of virtual reality as a clinical tool to aid anatomical understanding and surgical planning of complex congenital heart disease.
ISSN:1813-9175
DOI:10.1510/mmcts.2022.085