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Jul

July 4, 2024

Turin, double heart implant performed thanks to 3D printing

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Apr

April 8, 2022

Successful heart surgery during pregnancy supported by a “3D printed twin”

This is the story of Tamara, 34 years old, who wanted to have a baby and managed to make her dream come true despite a delicate heart surgery performed during pregnancy.
Polite and delicate case of cardiac surgery during gestation carried out in Niguarda thanks to the heart that we 3D printed of the patients.

Feb

World’s first “beating heart” supported by 3D printing

February 3, 2022

Congress, Research

World’s first “beating heart” supported by 3D4Med models

The team of Dr. Pelenghi, director of Cardiac Surgery Unit at Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (Pavia), performed the world’s first “beating heart” surgical implant of an innovative pulmonary valve prosthesis on an over 50 years old patient, suffering from idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. The surgical strategy was planned on the virtual and 3D printed anatomical model of the affected district, realized by the 3D printing clinical laboratory "3D4Med".