Engineering Surgery for Children (IMAGE)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Engineering Surgery for Children

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Before embarking upon surgery in a complex area of the heart that can vary widely from child to child, NYU researchers 3-D-model the right ventricular outflow tract conduit, aortic root, and coronary aorta of the specific patient, then simulate the effects of the inflation of the 20 mm-long balloon that will open the stenosed conduit. The modeling, performed before surgery, may shorten the time in the operating room and may predict when the surgery won't work at all.

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NYU: Vittoria Flamini

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