Rastelli procedure

noun

An open-heart surgical procedure using a pulmonary or aortic homograft conduit to relieve pulmonary obstruction in double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.

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Meanings

nounRastelli procedure (plural Rastelli procedures)

plural Rastelli procedures

  1. An open-heart surgical procedure using a pulmonary or aortic homograft conduit to relieve pulmonary obstruction in double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.

Origin

Developed by Italian physician Giancarlo Rastelli in 1967.

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