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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2015

Ultrasound-Derived Three-Dimensional Printing in Congenital Heart Disease.

Bennett P Samuel, Candida Pinto, Todd Pietila, Joseph J Vettukattil

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Article in Journal of digital imaging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bennett P SamuelCongenital Heart Center, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital of Spectrum Health, 100 Michigan NE (MC273), Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA.
Candida Pinto
Todd Pietila
Joseph J Vettukattil
Spectrum Health · USCorewell Health Blodgett Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional printing technology has significant clinical implications for the management of congenital heart disease. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have been established as imaging tools for the creation of physical three-dimensional models. The potential use of non-invasive bedside imaging techniques such as three-dimensional echocardiography to derive three-dimensional printed models can revolutionize the planning of interventions for complex congenital malformations. The feasibility of deriving three-dimensional printing from ultrasound provides an additional cost-effective and patient-centered option for interventional cardiologists and surgeons for the management and care of congenital heart disease patients.

Indexed as

Echocardiography, Three-DimensionalPrinting, Three-DimensionalHeart Defects, CongenitalHumans

Identifiers

PMID25537458
PMCPMC4501950
OpenAlexW2159253631

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