{"630665":{"#nid":"630665","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Model of a Sticky Situation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHere\u0026rsquo;s an example (pictured) of how 3D printing can be applied to pediatric cardiology. It\u0026rsquo;s also an example of how Georgia Tech, Emory and Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta all work together.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineers used a modified form of gelatin to create a model of pulmonary arteries in newborn and adolescent patients with a complex (and serious) congenital heart defect: tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. The model allowed the researchers to simulate\u0026nbsp;surgical catheter-based intervention\u0026nbsp;in vitro.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results were recently published in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/full\/10.1161\/JAHA.119.014490\u0022\u003EJournal of the American Heart Association\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVahid\u0026nbsp;Serpooshan\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech, and his lab collaborated with Sibley Heart Center pediatric cardiologist \u003Cstrong\u003EHolly Bauser-Heaton\u003C\/strong\u003E; both are part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pedsresearch.org\/people\/centers\/hero\u0022\u003EChildren\u0026rsquo;s Heart Research and Outcomes Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a patient-specific platform, created with\u0026nbsp;state-of-the-art 3D bioprinting technology,\u0026nbsp;allowing us to optimize\u0026nbsp;various interventions,\u0026rdquo; Serpooshan says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"3D printing applied to pediatric cardiology"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-01-07 15:38:41","changed_gmt":"2020-01-07 15:38:41","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-01-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630659":{"id":"630659","type":"image","title":"Model of an adolescent patient\u2019s pulmonary arteries, created by 3D printing. From Tomov et al JAHA (2019) via Creative Commons","body":null,"created":"1578411243","gmt_created":"2020-01-07 15:34:03","changed":"1578411243","gmt_changed":"2020-01-07 15:34:03","alt":"Model of an adolescent patient\u2019s pulmonary arteries, created by 3D printing. From Tomov et al JAHA (2019) via Creative Commons","file":{"fid":"240087","name":"TetralogyFallot-model copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TetralogyFallot-model%20copy.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/TetralogyFallot-model%20copy.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":146583,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/TetralogyFallot-model%20copy.jpg?itok=yQZEIHFU"}}},"media_ids":["630659"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}