Anaesthesia-related complications and side-effects in TAVI: a retrospective study in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was performed to analyse anaesthesia-related complications and side effects in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) under general anaesthesia.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

The study was performed as a single-centre study in a hospital of tertiary care in Germany.

Participants

All 853 patients, who underwent TAVI at the Universitätsklinikum Regensburg between January 2009 and July 2015, were included. 52.5% were female patients.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We gathered information, such as recent illness, vital parameters and medication administered during the intervention and postoperatively for 12 hours. We analysed all anaesthesia-related complications and anaesthesia-related side eff

SUBMITTER: Goldfuss S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501997 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature