Lost treasures: a plea for the systematic preservation of cadaveric heart specimens through three-dimensional digital imaging.

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; All Children’s Hospital, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, Pediatric Cardiology Associates/Pediatrix Medical Group, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America; Laboratory of Pathology, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cardiac Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, All Children’s Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, Saint Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida, United States of America; University of Florida, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America; Department of Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri; Paediatric Cardiology Directorate, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom; Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, All Children’s Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, Saint Petersburg, Tampa, Orlando, Florida, United States of America; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; www.ipccc.net