Local versus general anesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR)--systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The hypothesis of this study was that local anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care (MAC) is not harmful in comparison to general anesthesia (GA) for patients undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR).TAVR is a rapidly spreading treatment option for severe aortic valve stenosis. Traditionally, in most centers, this procedure is done under GA, but more recently procedures with MAC have been reported.

Methods

This is a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing MAC versus GA in patients undergoing transfemoral TAVR. Trials were identified through a literature search covering publications from 1 January 2005 through 31 January 2013. The main outcomes of interest of this literature meta-analysis were 30-day overall mortality, cardiac-/procedure-re

SUBMITTER: Frohlich GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022332 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature