Rastelli operation

Rastelli operation
an operation for correction of large ventricular septal defects with pulmonary stenosis and infundibular stenosis; an intraventricular patch is placed so that blood flows through the septal defect and out the aorta, and a prosthesis is placed to establish continuity between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.

Rastelli operation, showing the prosthesis placed to connect the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Rastelli operation — Ras·tel·li operation (rahs telґe) [Gian Carlo Rastelli, Italian cardiovascular surgeon, 1933–1970] see under operation …   Medical dictionary

  • Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… …   Medical dictionary

  • Rastelli — Gian C. See R. operation …   Medical dictionary

  • DORV — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q20.1 Rechter Doppelausstromventrikel …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Double outlet right ventricle — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q20.1 Rechter Doppelausstromventrikel …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Taussig-Bing-Komplex — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q20.3 Diskordante ventrikuloarterielle Verbindung Transposition der großen Gefäße (vollständig) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Transposition der großen Arterien — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 Q20.3 Diskordante ventrikuloarterielle Verbindung Transposition der großen Gefäße (vollständig) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nicholas Santora — Nicholas Angelo Nicky Mouth Santora (born June 21, 1942) is the reputed underboss of the Bonanno crime family. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 The three capos murder …   Wikipedia

  • Dominic Napolitano — Dominick Napolitano Born June 16, 1930(1930 06 16) Greenpoint, Brooklyn, U.S. Died August 17, 1981(1981 08 17) (aged 51) Flatlands, Brooklyn Dominick Napolitano (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1981), also known as Sonny Bla …   Wikipedia

  • Al Indelicato — Infobox Person name=Alphonse Indelicato right|framed caption= birth date=birth date|1931|2|25|mf=y Little Italy, Manhattan birth place= death date=death date and age|1981|5|5|1931|2|25|mf=y Dyker Heights, Brooklyn death place=Alphonse Sonny Red… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”