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Specialists at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust are using 3D imaging and printing to create exact replicas of patients’ hearts to help them plan and carry out surgery.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, persistent lung condition affecting over 32,000 people in the UK alone. This condition causes scarring of the lung tissue, leading to breathlessness and fatigue. 

Professor Anita Simonds, consultant in respiratory and sleep medicine, was awarded the European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) Yernault Lecture Award at its international congress last week.