3D printing makes heart surgery safer for children

Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 14:50 in Health & Medicine

A cardiac surgeon in the United States recently used a 3D printed heart as a model to plan a life-saving procedure for his young patient. The 3D printed heart was used as a model to plan a life-saving procedure for the patient who was born with a rare, life-threatening cardiac defect.

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