The 3D heart printer funded by the tremendous generosity of contributors to Global’s Make Some Noise campaign in 2017, is starting to have a life-saving impact within the adult cardiology team.
The picture shows the actual printed heart of a patient being considered for surgery.
Dr Vitor Ramos, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Consultant, told us:
This patient had never been operated on since there were severe concerns about the feasibility of a surgical procedure. After seeing the 3D models, the surgeons became confident to proceed for surgery.
3D printing will have a massive impact on congenital patients, especially patients that were denied interventions and surgeries due to them being considered too high risk.
We will share more stories of how this technology is being used in future!