Virtual reality three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging for planning surgical atrioventricular valve repair.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate how virtual reality (VR) imaging impacts decision-making in atrioventricular valve surgery.

Methods

This was a single-center retrospective study involving 15 children and adolescents, median age 6 years (range, 0.33-16) requiring surgical repair of the atrioventricular valves between the years 2016 and 2019. The patients' preoperative 3-dimesnional (3D) echocardiographic data were used to create 3D visualization in a VR application. Five pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons completed a questionnaire formulated to compare their surgical decisions regarding the cases after reviewing conventionally presented 2-dimesnional and 3D echocardiographic images and again after visualization of 3D echocardiograms using the VR platform. Finally, intraoperative find

SUBMITTER: Pushparajah K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8169455 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature