Use of Interactive Visualization and 3D Printing in the Repair of Complex Congenital Heart Disease Presenting in Adult Life

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2024 Mar;15(2):247-250. doi: 10.1177/21501351231222841. Epub 2024 Feb 4.

Abstract

We report a case of a 25-year-old male with a heterotaxy-like constellation of congenital heart defects consisting of complete atrioventricular septal defect, transposition of the great arteries, subpulmonary stenosis, L-looped ventricles, hypoplastic right ventricle, and a distant aorta arising from the right ventricle. This case demonstrates how 3D printing and interactive 3D visualization may facilitate a unique surgical repair.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Heart Septal Defects*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Heterotaxy Syndrome*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Printing, Three-Dimensional
  • Transposition of Great Vessels* / surgery