title: Altering management decisions with gained anatomical insight from a 3D printed model of a complex ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Rapid prototyping is quickly gaining utility in various complex forms of CHD. In properly selected cases, these printed models provide detailed anatomical understanding that help guide potential surgical and cardiac catheterisation interventions. We present a case of a tunnel-like ventricular septal defect referred for surgical repair, where the decision to obtain a three-dimensional printed model helped in better understanding of the anatomy, leading to delaying, and hopefully avoiding altogether, surgical repair.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Pediatric Cardiology,New York University Langone Medical Center,New York,New York,United States of America.
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhatla
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Cardiac Surgery,New York University Langone Medical Center,New York,New York,United States of America.
authors.forename: Ralph S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mosca
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Pediatric Cardiology,New York University Langone Medical Center,New York,New York,United States of America.
authors.forename: Justin T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Tretter
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003657:Decision Making; D019468:Disease Management; D004452:Echocardiography; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D066330:Printing, Three-Dimensional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: CHD; Ventricular septal defect; computed tomography; echocardiography; rapid prototyping