{"id":10657,"date":"2026-10-17T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10657"},"modified":"2026-10-17T01:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:00:26","slug":"3d-printing-virtual-reality-vr-simulation-in-congenital-structural-valvular-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/3d-printing-virtual-reality-vr-simulation-in-congenital-structural-valvular-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing, Virtual Reality (VR) &#038; Simulation in Congenital, Structural &#038; Valvular Heart Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3D Printing, Virtual Reality (VR) &amp; Simulation in Congenital, Structural &amp; Valvular Heart Disease<\/p>\n<p>Source: Kanwal Farooqi, MD | Columbia University | SCCT 2026 | Medical press interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u20603D modeling: CT\/MRI images can be transformed into patient-specific 3D heart models to better understand complex congenital anatomy and plan procedures.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u20603D printing: The digital model can be physically printed, allowing surgeons to examine complex anatomy before intervention.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Virtual Reality (VR): Using a VR headset, clinicians can explore the patient\u2019s heart in 3D and simulate potential surgical approaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Cath Lab simulation: Advanced simulators allow cardiologists to practice complex PCI, CTO, bifurcation, structural and valvular interventions using wires, catheters, balloons, stents and devices with haptic feedback\u2014without risk to patients.<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060The future: Patient-specific imaging, 3D printing, VR and simulation are moving cardiovascular medicine toward rehearsing complex procedures before treating the patient.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumedi.com\/video\/new-functionalities-for-cardiac-ct-in-congenital-heart-disease-considerations-for-program-expansion\/?\">https:\/\/www.vumedi.com\/video\/new-functionalities-for-cardiac-ct-in-congenital-heart-disease-considerations-for-program-expansion\/?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>JCS Perspective: This technology is also part of the Jordan Cardiac Society\u2019s Simulation Center Project, submitted to the Jordanian Ministry of Health in 2025 with a comprehensive feasibility study, including advanced cardiovascular and interventional simulation in collaboration with Mentice and Mayo Clinic. The Minister of Health subsequently indicated that the project had been incorporated into the Ministry\u2019s budget planning, and it is currently moving toward implementation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D Printing, Virtual Reality (VR) &amp; Simulation in Congenital, Structural &amp; Valvular Heart Disease Source: Kanwal Farooqi, MD | Columbia University | SCCT 2026 | Medical press interview. \u2022\u2060 \u20603D modeling: CT\/MRI images can be transformed into patient-specific 3D heart models to better understand complex congenital anatomy and plan procedures. \u2022\u2060 \u20603D printing: The digital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10658,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10657\/revisions\/10658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}