Heart Failure Diagnosis VR Simulator

This paper presents a virtual reality (VR) simulator for the treatment of a virtual patient with heart failure condition. The proposed simulator is composed by a VR headset with tracked controls and a virtual environment of the doctor's office and a examination room with the specialized equipment for the diagnosis. The entire workflow of the simulation is based on a graph derived from the heart failure guidelines of American Heart Association. A preliminary human factors study demonstrates the potential use and applicability of the prototype for clinical training.