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    Reconstructing the Heart to Save Children’s Lives

    3D Reconstructions and Models As Planning Tools for Surgery
    5min
    Linda Brookes
    Published on April 26, 2017
    Heart 3D model is used as a planning tool for surgery.

    Martin Kostolny, MD, is the lead in neonatal cardiac surgery, performing between 200 and 240 operations annually.

    Read how Martin Kostolny, MD, save children’s lives with Heart 3D model.
    Heart 3D model is used as a planning tool for surgery.

    In the year since the SOMATOM Force scanner was installed, there has been a marked increase in the number of cardiothoracic CT examinations performed at GOSH.

    Read how Heart 3D models are supporting the therapy of heart defect.

    Catherine Owens, MD, consultant radiologist at GOSH

    By Linda Brookes
    Linda Brookes is a freelance medical writer and editor based in New York and London with a record of working for a wide range of international clients and publications in the healthcare and pharmaceutical fields.
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    2. Franklin R, Cunningham D, Tracy Whittaker T, Denne L. National congenital heart disease audit 2015. London, UK: National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR), Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London: 2016. https://nicor4.nicor.org.uk/chd/an_paeds.nsf/9791867eff401e0d8025716f004bb8f2/5983f27e0b3ff3b080257d5d005cec4a/$FILE/NCHDA%20Aggregate%20report%202012_15%20v1%202%20published%2027042016.pdf
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