Personalized treatment planning for heart interventions using tissue-mimicking 3D printing. Issue 2 (30th April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qian, Zhen; Vannan, Mani A
• Is Part Of: Journal of 3D printing in medicine. Volume 2:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 43
• Page End: 46
• Publication Date: 2018-04-30
• Subjects: Three-dimensional imaging in medicine -- Periodicals; Three-dimensional printing -- Periodicals; Medical technology -- Periodicals; Medical innovations -- Periodicals; Biomedical Technology; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Medical innovations; Medical technology; Three-dimensional imaging in medicine; Three-dimensional printing; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.2217/3dp-2017-0024
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2059-4755

Abstract

Percutaneous valve treatment has been frequently targeted for 3D printing-guided preprocedural planning. In a recent study, we have developed a novel treatment planning platform using sensor-enabled tissue-mimicking 3D printing to quantitatively predict the occurrence, severity and location of paravalvular leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. This platform consisted of two major components: a novel tissue-mimicking 3D printing technique and an in vitro imaging-based strain quantification technique. We have demonstrated the feasibility of manufacturing, such a phantom to provide not only an accurate anatomic model but also a benchtop testing platform that gives important pathophysiologic information regarding the cardiac intervention. As cardiovascular medicine is shifting more toward personalized treatment, 3D printing will play a more important role in patient-specific planning for heart procedures.