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- Title
3D Printed Models in Cardiovascular Disease: An Exciting Future to Deliver Personalized Medicine.
- Authors
Sun, Zhonghua; Wee, Cleo
- Abstract
3D printing has shown great promise in medical applications with increased reports in the literature. Patient-specific 3D printed heart and vascular models replicate normal anatomy and pathology with high accuracy and demonstrate superior advantages over the standard image visualizations for improving understanding of complex cardiovascular structures, providing guidance for surgical planning and simulation of interventional procedures, as well as enhancing doctor-to-patient communication. 3D printed models can also be used to optimize CT scanning protocols for radiation dose reduction. This review article provides an overview of the current status of using 3D printing technology in cardiovascular disease. Limitations and barriers to applying 3D printing in clinical practice are emphasized while future directions are highlighted.
- Subjects
INDIVIDUALIZED medicine; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; THREE-dimensional printing; COMPUTED tomography; RADIATION doses
- Publication
Micromachines, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 10, p1575
- ISSN
2072-666X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/mi13101575