ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023
Left atrial appendage sizing for percutaneous closure in virtual reality-a feasibility study.
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- Integrating AI Segmentation, Simulated Digital Twins, and Extended Reality into Medical Education: A Narrative Technical Review and Proof-of-Concept Case Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Catheterization laboratories open the doors for Extended Realities-review of clinical applications in cardiology.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Article
- Extended reality in cardiovascular care: a systematic review.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Review
- Comparative Study of Automated Real-Time Left Atrial Appendage Sizing Using Patient-Specific 3D Heart Models Versus Transesophageal Echocardiography and Multidetector Computed Tomography in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Device Selection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Virtual reality for pre-procedural planning of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Article
- Feasibility, Accuracy, and Reproducibility of Aortic Valve Sizing for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using Virtual Reality.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Minimalistic approach to left atrial appendage occlusion guided by cardiac computed tomography angiography.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2024Article
- A comparison of conventional and advanced 3D imaging techniques for percutaneous left atrial appendage closure.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Interpretable Model for Clinical Use in Left Atrial Appendage Segmentation via an Optimised Deformable-Attention U-Net With Spatial-Channel Fusion.Healthcare technology lettersArticle
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Abstract
Background and aims: The complex and highly variable three-dimensional anatomy of the left atrial appendage (LAA) makes planning and device sizing for interventional occlusion procedures (LAAC) challenging. Several imaging modalities [e.g. echocardiography, multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT)] are used for this purpose. Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging imaging technique to immerse into a three-dimensional left atrium and appendage, offering unprecedented options of visualization and measurement. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility, accuracy and reproducibility of visualizing the LAA in VR for preprocedural planning of LAAC. Methods and results: Twenty-one patients (79 ± 7 years, 62% male) who underwent LAAC at University Hospital Düsseldorf were included in our study. A dedicated software generated three-dimensional VR models from preprocedural MSCT imaging data. Conventional measurements of LAA dimensions (ostium, landing zone and depth) using a commercially available software were compared to measurements in VR: MSCT and VR ostium min. ( Conclusion: Virtual reality visualization of the left atrium and appendage based on MSCT data is feasible and allows precise and reproducible measurements in planning of LAA occlusion procedures with enhanced 3D orientation. Further studies need to explore additional benefits of three-dimensional visualization for operators in preprocedural planning.
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