High-resolution 3D visualization of human hearts with emphases on the cardiac conduction system components-a new platform for medical education, mix/virtual reality, computational simulation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

High-resolution digitized cardiac anatomical data sets are in huge demand in clinical, basic research and computational settings. They can be leveraged to evaluate intricate anatomical and structural changes in disease pathology, such as myocardial infarction (MI), which is one of the most common causes of heart failure and death. Advancements in high-resolution imaging and anatomical techniques in this field and our laboratory have led to vast improvements in understanding cardiovascular anatomy, especially the cardiac conduction system (CCS) responsible for the electricity of the heart, in healthy/aged/obese post-mortem human hearts. However, the digitized anatomy of the electrical system of the heart within MI hearts remains unexplored.

Methods

Five post-mort

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11878103 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature