Dr. David Axelrod (right) of Stanford University School of Medicine and David Sarno, founder of Lighthaus, Inc., which created the Stanford Virtual Heart. (Photo courtesy of David Axelrod)

Dr. David Axelrod (right) of Stanford University School of Medicine and David Sarno, founder of Lighthaus, Inc., which created the Stanford Virtual Heart. (Photo courtesy of David Axelrod)

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How Virtual Reality Is Changing Cardiovascular Care

Virtual reality has been a staple of science fiction ever since Stanley G. Weinbaum wrote about high-tech goggles in 1935’s Pygmalion’s Spectacles. Now that virtual reality has become actual reality, it’s slowly but surely revolutionizing the treatment of heart disease and stroke.