@Article{chd.12587,
AUTHOR = {Chin Siang Ong, Aravind Krishnan, Chen Yu Huang, Philip Spevak, Luca Vricella, Narutoshi Hibino, Juan R. Garcia, Lasya Gaur},
TITLE = {Role of virtual reality in congenital heart disease},
JOURNAL = {Structural and Congenital Heart Disease},
VOLUME = {13},
YEAR = {2018},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {357--361},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/schd/v13n3/38995},
ISSN = {3071-1738},
ABSTRACT = {<b>Objective:</b> New platforms for patient imaging present opportunities for improved surgical planning
in complex congenital heart disease (CHD). Virtual reality (VR) allows for interactive manipulation
of high-resolution representations of patient-specific imaging data, as a supplement to traditional
2D visualizations and 3D printed heart models.<br/>
<b>Design:</b> We present the novel use of VR for the presurgical planning of cardiac surgery in two
infants with complex CHD to demonstrate interactive real-time views of complex intra and extracardiac anatomy.<br/>
<b>Results:</b> The use of VR for cardiac presurgical planning is feasible using existing imaging data. The
software was evaluated by both pediatric cardiac surgeons and pediatric cardiologists, and felt to
be reliable and operated with a very short learning curve.<br/>
<b>Conclusions:</b> VR with controller-based interactive capability allows for interactive viewing of 3D
models with complex intra and extracardiac anatomy. This serves as a useful complement to
traditional preoperative planning methods in terms of its potential for group based collaborative
discussion, user defined illustrative views, cost-effectiveness, and facility of use.},
DOI = {10.1111/chd.12587}
}