AI in Healthcare February 18, 2020
When Brevin Cronk found himself in an emergency room last December, his blood-oxygen level was 77% and his lips had turned blue. It was soon determined by the team at UW Medical Center in Seattle that a transcatheter repair was necessary—and virtual reality (VR) played a key role in Cronk’s care.
Cronk, 21, was born with congenital heart abnormalities and has undergone numerous heart procedures over the years. When Zachary Steinberg, MD, a cardiologist from the UW Medicine Heart Institute, looked over Cronk’s case, he saw that his heart was “working furiously” and needed some quick relief.
“A layer of reconstructed heart vessel had torn away, creating a partial blockage, obstructing blow flow from the right ventricle to the lungs,”...
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