Simulation to Success: Treatment of a 3D Printed Heart Before Complex Systemic Venous Baffle Intervention

Eimear M McGovern; Justin T Tretter; Ryan A Moore; Bryan H Goldstein

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.078

Simulation to Success: Treatment of a 3D Printed Heart Before Complex Systemic Venous Baffle Intervention

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Mar 4;2(3):486-487. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.078. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Eimear M McGovern¹, Justin T Tretter¹, Ryan A Moore¹, Bryan H Goldstein²

Affiliations

¹ Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
² Heart Institute, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

Three-dimensional imaging and printed heart models have become increasingly valuable in the management of patients with complex congenital heart disease. We successfully simulated a stenting procedure on a 3-dimensional printed model of a patient with d-transposition of the great arteries status post-Mustard operation with caval baffle atresia and stenosis. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: 3D, 3-dimensional; CT, computed tomography; IVC, inferior vena cava; Mustard operation; SVC, superior vena cava; congenital heart disease; pre-procedural planning; transcatheter intervention; transposition of the great arteries.