Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy
<b>: </b>Traditionally, gross cardiac anatomy has been described mainly based on the findings in the dissection suite. Analyses of heart specimens have contributed immensely towards building a fundamental knowledge of cardiac anatomy. However, there are limitations in analyzing the autop...
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doaj-ff4604dbddc44d65be5bf0d0198d1fc42020-11-25T03:48:28ZengMDPI AGJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease2308-34252020-08-017303010.3390/jcdd7030030Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart AnatomyJustin T. Tretter0Saurabh Kumar Gupta1Yu Izawa2Tatsuya Nishii3Shumpei Mori4Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USADepartment of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, IndiaDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, JapanDepartment of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, JapanUCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA<b>: </b>Traditionally, gross cardiac anatomy has been described mainly based on the findings in the dissection suite. Analyses of heart specimens have contributed immensely towards building a fundamental knowledge of cardiac anatomy. However, there are limitations in analyzing the autopsied heart removed from the thorax. Three-dimensional imaging allows visualization of the blood-filled heart in vivo in attitudinally appropriate fashion. This is of paramount importance for not only demonstration of cardiac anatomy for educational purposes, but also for the detailed anatomical evaluation in patients with acquired and congenital heart disease. In this review, we discuss the advantages of three-dimensional imaging, specifically focusing on virtual dissection, a volume rendering-based reconstruction technique using computed tomographic data. We highlight examples of three-dimensional imaging in both education and guiding patient management.https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3425/7/3/30cardiac anatomycomputed tomographycongenital heart diseasethree-dimensional imaging: virtual dissectionvolume rendering |
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Justin T. Tretter Saurabh Kumar Gupta Yu Izawa Tatsuya Nishii Shumpei Mori Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease cardiac anatomy computed tomography congenital heart disease three-dimensional imaging: virtual dissection volume rendering |
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Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy |
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Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy |
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Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy |
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Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy |
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Virtual Dissection: Emerging as the Gold Standard of Analyzing Living Heart Anatomy |
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virtual dissection: emerging as the gold standard of analyzing living heart anatomy |
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Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease |
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<b>: </b>Traditionally, gross cardiac anatomy has been described mainly based on the findings in the dissection suite. Analyses of heart specimens have contributed immensely towards building a fundamental knowledge of cardiac anatomy. However, there are limitations in analyzing the autopsied heart removed from the thorax. Three-dimensional imaging allows visualization of the blood-filled heart in vivo in attitudinally appropriate fashion. This is of paramount importance for not only demonstration of cardiac anatomy for educational purposes, but also for the detailed anatomical evaluation in patients with acquired and congenital heart disease. In this review, we discuss the advantages of three-dimensional imaging, specifically focusing on virtual dissection, a volume rendering-based reconstruction technique using computed tomographic data. We highlight examples of three-dimensional imaging in both education and guiding patient management. |
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cardiac anatomy computed tomography congenital heart disease three-dimensional imaging: virtual dissection volume rendering |
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