Recently, Xi'an Jiaotong University First Affiliated Hospital of structural heart diseases with Professor team using 3D printing technology, on the "atrial septal defect (holes: macroporous 19mm inferior small 12mm central type) patients using double occluder success, breaking the long inferior room septal defect can't do interventional treatment area.

Department of 50 year old middle-aged female patients, diagnosed as congenital heart disease inferior room septal defect found heart disease has been for many years, the doctors advice is surgical treatment, and patients but hesitates, bear the risk of not surgery and wound pain and because patients are female, postoperative will leave scar greatly affect the appearance and other factors so there has been no treatment. Until this year, aggravate the symptoms of patients, at the same time with systemic lupus erythematosus, hypertension etc. basic disease, attracted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, found with Professor, hope with interventional closure operation in the treatment of her heart disease to complete her wish.

After repeated communication with patients and their families, director Zhang founded the group therapy, according to the patients with transesophageal ultrasonography imaging and cardiac CT images, and Xi'an Jiaotong University 3D printing technology team collaboration, after repeated communication, repeated comparison and research are discussed and decided patients surgical plan, print out the 3D model of heart patients, for patients "tailored" to the appropriate type of occluder.

  On August 10 in interventional operation room, with ultrasound room, with the director of the surgical team after 40 minutes is very successfully completed the surgery requires three hours to complete the operation in, and patients also awake to witness this. The operation completed successfully, marking the First Affiliated Hospital success broke the inferior atrial septal defect of the operation area, towards a new level of interventional therapy, is the first case in the country. The patient recovered well and was discharged from hospital after surgery.

For this surgery with 3D printing technology to support the rapid manufacturing of National Engineering Research Center, Shaanxi Hengtong Intelligent Machine Co., Ltd.. Companies in the medical field is responsible for patient with Niu Lei, technology companies and had done before the successful case, Zhang joint Yushun Professor team, effectively the application of 3D printing technology in structural heart disease operation, for patients to bring the gospel.

3D printing technology is widely used in structural heart disease requires a multidisciplinary cooperation, including ultrasound, imaging, clinicians, 3D printing model design team, only after learn more of a long time running, exchanges and explore, 3D printing technology in cardiovascular disease in the application to continuous innovation and breakthrough, I believe 3D printing technology to create structural heart disease private ordering new era, looking forward to give each patient bring precision and the best treatment options to complete structural heart cardiovascular diseases disease precision medical mission.