Patient-Specific 3-Dimensional Printing of Tetralogy of Fallot With Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals

Abstract

A 3-dimensional printed model derived from a computed tomography dataset was obtained in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot and major aortopulmonary collaterals. The virtual and solid 3-dimensional heart models provided intuitive representation of such complex and highly individual pathologies and allowed comprehensive spatial conceptualization of the cardiac structures. ( Level of Difficulty: Advanced. )

3-Dimensional Printing in Personalized Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

“…In this issue of JACC: Case Reports , Elmaghraby et al. (6) reported a case demonstrating all the advantages of 3D printing for the optimization of spatial conceptualization before any specific therapy. Modeling was performed with the authors’ intention-to-treat, even though the patient finally did not undergo cardiac surgery.…”