Rastelli Procedure

The Rastelli procedure is an open heart surgical procedure developed by Italian physician and cardiac surgery researcher, Giancarlo Rastelli, which is used to correct certain combinations of congenital heart defects (CHDs):

  1. dextro-Transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA), or overriding aorta, or double outlet right ventricle (DORV); and
  2. Ventricular septal defect (VSD); and
  3. Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (RVOTO):
  • pulmonary atresia; or
  • pulmonary stenosis; or
  • subpulmonary stenosis.

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