Incremental Utility of 3D Printing to Guide the Surgical Management of Apical Aneurysm

Habib Layoun; Emmanuel Akintoye; Erhan Guler; Katie O'Sullivan; Alison Krywanczyk; Michael Z Y Tong; Serge C Harb

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.06.019

Incremental Utility of 3D Printing to Guide the Surgical Management of Apical Aneurysm

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Aug 17;4(16):1056-1059. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.06.019.

Authors

Habib Layoun¹, Emmanuel Akintoye¹, Erhan Guler², Katie O'Sullivan², Alison Krywanczyk³, Michael Z Y Tong², Serge C Harb¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
³ Department of Cardiovascular and Autopsy Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Abstract

A 24-year-old man presented with a nonischemic cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology, apical aneurysm, and a secondary mitral regurgitation. Computer tomography-derived 3-dimensional model of the patient's heart was an essential step in guiding the surgical management for an optimal outcome. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: 3-dimensional printing; 3D, 3-dimensional; CT, computed tomography; LV, left ventricle; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; cardiomyopathy; imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports