Colorful 3D Image Of The Human Heart Valves
This is pretty neat. (Especially, for those of us wanting to learn more about human heart valve anatomy.)
I just came across a three dimensional, reconstructive image of the heart valves functioning. Unfortunately, the animation does not show all of the four valves opening and closing. But, if you look close at this 3D reconstruction of the heart (on the right), the leaflets of the tricuspid and aortic valves are partly visible.
The two, left images are from the same dataset, showing tricuspid and mitral valves (above) and aortic and mitral valves (below).
When I learned that I needed aortic and pulmonary valve surgery, I wanted to learn as much as possible about the human heart. My hope is that these types of pictures will help current and future patients better understand the anatomy of their own hearts before valve repair or valve replacement operations.
Keep on tickin!
Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
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