Merging virtual and physical experiences: extended realities in cardiovascular medicine

  • Tsung Ying Tsai
  • , Yoshinobu Onuma
  • , Adriana Złahoda-Huzior
  • , Shigetaka Kageyama
  • , Dariusz Dudek
  • , Qingdi Wang
  • , Ruth P. Lim
  • , Scot Garg
  • , Eric K.W. Poon
  • , John Puskas
  • , Fabio Ramponi
  • , Christian Jung
  • , Faisal Sharif
  • , Arif A. Khokhar
  • , Patrick W. Serruys

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Abstract

Technological advancement and the COVID-19 pandemic have brought virtual learning and working into our daily lives. Extended realities (XR), an umbrella term for all the immersive technologies that merge virtual and physical experiences, will undoubtedly be an indispensable part of future clinical practice. The intuitive and three-dimensional nature of XR has great potential to benefit healthcare providers and empower patients and physicians. In the past decade, the implementation of XR into cardiovascular medicine has flourished such that it is now integrated into medical training, patient education, pre-procedural planning, intra-procedural visualization, and post-procedural care. This review article discussed how XR could provide innovative care and complement traditional practice, as well as addressing its limitations and considering its future perspectives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3311-3322
Number of pages12
JournalEuropean Heart Journal
Volume44
Issue number35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Sep 2023

Keywords

  • Augmented reality
  • Extended reality
  • Imaging
  • Intervention
  • Mixed reality
  • Virtual reality

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