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March 10, 2014BMC Medicine184 citationsOpen Access

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

GFGeorg FröhlichALAlexandra J. LanskyJWJohn G. Webb

Structured PICO

Does local anesthesia (MAC) improve short-term outcomes compared to general anesthesia in patients undergoing TAVR?

P
Population
Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR)
I
Intervention
Local anesthesia / Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)
C
Comparator
General anesthesia (GA)
O
Outcome
Short-term outcomes

Local anesthesia (MAC) for TAVR appears to have similar short-term outcomes to general anesthesia while potentially reducing procedural time and hospital length of stay.

Abstract

These data did not show a significant difference in short-term outcomes for MAC or GA in TAVR. MAC may be associated with reduced procedural time and shorter hospital stay. Now randomized trials are needed for further evaluation of MAC in the setting of TAVR.

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Fröhlich et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d5723575589c71d767e5ffhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-12-41
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