Comparing outcomes of general anesthesia and monitored anesthesia care during transcatheter aortic valve replacement: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation experience.

Yasser Sammour Jimmy L KerriganKinjal BanerjeeRama Dilip GajulapalliHassan Mehmood LakSanchit ChawlaKrystof AndressNeha GuptaShinya UnaiLars G SvenssonJames YunGrant W ReedAndrej AlfirevicShiva SaleAnand MehtaAmar KrishnaswamyNikolaos SkubasSamir R Kapadia

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)

Utilizing MAC and omitting intraprocedural transesophageal echocardiography during TAVR seems to be more efficient without compromising safety. Better TAVR outcomes can be achieved with newer generation valves without needing GA.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve replacement
aortic valve
aortic stenosis
aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
left ventricular
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pulmonary hypertension
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