Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The German Aortic Valve Registry

Conclusions
Use of LACS in transcatheter aortic valve replacement is safe, with fewer post-procedural complications and lower early mortality, suggesting its broad application.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - March 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Husser, O., Fujita, B., Hengstenberg, C., Frerker, C., Beckmann, A., Möllmann, H., Walther, T., Bekeredjian, R., Böhm, M., Pellegrini, C., Bleiziffer, S., Lange, R., Mohr, F., Hamm, C. W., Bauer, T., Ensminger, S., on behalf of the GARY Ex Tags: Focus on Pulmonic and Aortic Valve Intervention Source Type: research