title: Transcatheter residual ventricular septal defect closure after Rastelli operation.
abstract: We report on a 17-year-old patient with a residual ventricular septal defect and a significant pressure gradient across the pulmonary homograft after Rastelli-type operation. Device closure of the defect was associated with a considerable reduction of right ventricular hypertension and of the pressure gradient across the right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. alessandro5574@iol.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giardini
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donti
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Formigari
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonvicini
authors.forename: Fernando M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Picchio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology