7 Adult cardiac & structural heart studies in the library address this question.
“There were no significant differences in procedural data between the 2 groups.”
Kanschik 2026 · Randomized controlled trial · n: 140 patients
“Further studies are needed to assess the impact on patient outcomes.”
Kanschik 2025 · Validation study · n: 20 patients
“The use of preoperative virtual reality simulation enabled the safe and precise execution of direct aortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation via anterior right mini-thoracotomy.”
Aichi 2025 · Case series · n: 2 patients
“All leads were extracted and no complications were registered.”
Carretero 2024 · Case series · n: 10 patients
Of 7 studies with a finding on this question: 1 mixed, 6 descriptive. These reflect what each study's authors report.
Study designs: 1 randomized trial, 1 comparative or prospective study and 5 case reports, case series and technical reports.
Randomized trials: 1 trial on this question; 1 mixed results.
Kanschik D et al. · Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging · 2026
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Randomized controlled trial · n: 140 patients
“There were no significant differences in procedural data between the 2 groups.”
Kanschik D et al. · European heart journal. Digital health · 2025
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Validation study · n: 20 patients
“Further studies are needed to assess the impact on patient outcomes.”
Aichi C et al. · European heart journal. Case reports · 2025
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Case series · n: 2 patients
“The use of preoperative virtual reality simulation enabled the safe and precise execution of direct aortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation via anterior right mini-thoracotomy.”
Carretero EG et al. · Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2024
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Case series · n: 10 patients
“All leads were extracted and no complications were registered.”
Stepanenko A et al. · Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Case series · n: 6 patients (53 biomodels)
“One short-term and three long-term ventricular assist device system were successfully clinically implanted after application of this technique.”
Tachibana K et al. · Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Case series · n: 17 patients
“The early mortality and morbidity were 0%, and the patency of the graft was 100%.”
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Liu H et al. · Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022
Adult cardiac & structural heart · Case report · n: 1 patient
“After preprocedural simulation using virtual reality, we successfully completed box-lesion, ablation line from superior vena cava to inferior vena cava, left atrial appendage (LAA) excision, and PLSVC ablation.”
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