Merging virtual and physical experiences: extended realities in cardiovascular medicine.

2023-09-14

Tsai, Tsung-Ying

Onuma, Yoshinobu

Złahoda-Huzior, Adriana

Kageyama, Shigetaka

Dudek, Dariusz

Wang, Qingdi

Lim, Ruth P

Garg, Scot

Poon, Eric K W

Puskas, John

Ramponi, Fabio

Jung, Christian

Sharif, Faisal

Khokhar, Arif A

Serruys, Patrick W

Augmented reality

Extended reality

Imaging

Intervention

Mixed reality

Virtual reality

Journal Article

0000-0002-0426-9360

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0000-0003-4982-3203

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0000-0002-9636-1104

10.1093/eurheartj/ehad352

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.

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European Heart Journal 2023-09-14; 44(35)

European Heart Journal

1522-9645