New cyber heart model recalls da Vinci's sketches

"Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci's intricate drawings transformed understanding of the human heart, a new computer model promises to do the same for modern-day cardiac care, experts say. The model - so realistic its four chambers beat in the same asymmetrical rhythm on screen as does a real heart in the human body - is the work of three British doctors who say the creation will improve both training and care during surgery. The three-dimensional model's intricate details coupled with life-like animation that doctors can easily manipulate make the cyber heart unique, said Sue Wright, an anesthesiologist at the Heart Hospital in London who helped design the heart." - Reuters