Filippo Rapetto, MD, Demetris Taliotis, MD, Qiang Chen, MD, Iakovos Ttofi, MD, Dominga Iacobazzi, PhD, Paolo Madeddu, PhD, Serban C. Stoica, MD, Ben Weil, EngD, Mark W. Lowdell, PhD, and Massimo Caputo, MD
JACC: Case Reports, Vol 3, Iss 5, Pp 724-727 (2021)
Subjects
acute heart failure, coronary vessel anomaly, transposition of the great arteries, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, and RC666-701
Abstract
Cell therapy is a promising tool to prevent and treat heart failure in congenital heart disease. We report the first case of intramyocardial injection of allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells as rescue therapy in a neonate with ischemic heart failure following arterial switch procedure for isolated transposition of the great arteries. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
Andrew I.U. Shearn, PhD, Maria Victoria Ordoñez, MD, Filippo Rapetto, MD, Massimo Caputo, MD, PhD, and Giovanni Biglino, PhD
JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 8, Pp 1137-1140 (2020)
Subjects
3D printing, aortic coarctation, bicuspid aortic valve, computed tomography, Ozaki repair, rapid prototyping, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, and RC666-701
Abstract
Two patients with bicuspid aortic valve were selected for aortic valve repair using the Ozaki procedure. Patient-specific models of their aortic roots were generated based on computed tomography data and were 3-dimensional printed using a flexible resin. The models allowed sizing of the valve leaflets and practicing of leaflet suturing. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
