Choose the palliative procedure performed on an infant with transposition of the great vessels

a. Mustard procedure
b. Jantene procedure
c. Rashkind procedure
d. Senning procedure


ANS: C
The Rashkind procedure involves placing a deflated balloon catheter into the right atrium through the foramen ovale and into the left atrium, where it is inflated and pulled across the atrial septum to create an ASD.

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