Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40579094›Full record

ArticleJACC. Case reports2025

Using Multimodality Imaging and 3-Dimensional Printed Models to Guide Decision-Making for Complex Congenital Biventricular Repair.

Sukran Erdem, Munes Fares, Felipe Murguia, Jay Moore, Gregory Sturgeon, Catherine M Ikemba, Gerald Greil, Tarique Hussain, Nicholas D Andersen, Qing Zou

Abstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Sukran ErdemDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Electronic address: sukran.erdem@utsouthwestern.edu.
Munes FaresDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Felipe MurguiaDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Jay MooreDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Gregory SturgeonDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Catherine M IkembaDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Gerald GreilDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Advanced Imaging Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Tarique HussainDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Advanced Imaging Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Nicholas D AndersenDepartment of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Qing ZouDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Advanced Imaging Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDetermining the optimal surgical approach for complex congenital heart disease (CHD) can be challenging using conventional 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cross-sectional imaging, including cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed tomography. CASE SUMMARY: An 11-month-old female patient presented with heterotaxy syndrome, dextrocardia, double-outlet right ventricle, and complex pulmonary valve stenosis. Fetal echocardiography and postnatal TTE established the complexity of the cardiac anatomy and led to a multidisciplinary discussion to plan a complex staged cardiac repair. DISCUSSION: Three-dimensional (3D) printed and virtual heart models, along with CMR angiography, provided detailed anatomical visualization and spatial conceptualization, which aided in assessing the feasibility of a staged biventricular repair. Postoperative CMR guided subsequent surgical procedures, evaluated newly created structures such as baffles, and identified complications. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: This case highlights the critical role of multimodality imaging, including advanced imaging with virtual and 3D printed modeling, in surgical planning in a patient with complex CHD.

Indexed as

3-dimensional printingcardiac magnetic resonancecomputed tomographycongenital heart defectdouble-outlet right ventricleechocardiography

Identifiers

PMID40579094
PMCPMC12273841

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.