title: 3D Printing to Guide Ventricular Assist Device Placement in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Failure.
abstract: As the population of adults with congenital heart disease continues to grow, so does the number of these patients with heart failure. Ventricular assist devices are underutilized in adults with congenital heart disease due to their complex anatomic arrangements and physiology. Advanced imaging techniques that may increase the utilization of mechanical circulatory support in this population must be explored. Three-dimensional printing offers individualized structural models that would enable pre-surgical planning of cannula and device placement in adults with congenital cardiac disease and heart failure who are candidates for such therapies. We present a review of relevant cardiac anomalies, cases in which such models could be utilized, and some background on the cost and procedure associated with this process.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Electronic address: kanwal.farooqi@rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Kanwal M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Farooqi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.affiliation: Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Stonybrook University Medical Center, Stonybrook, New York.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Daphne T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
authors.forename: Ulrich P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Jorde
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: 3D printing; adult congenital heart disease; heart failure; ventricular assist device