Deep Sedation With a Natural Airway is a Viable Alternative to General Anesthesia With Endotracheal Tube for Isolated Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation.

Key Points

• This research aims to evaluate the feasibility of deep sedation as an alternative to general anesthesia for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.
• Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.
• Comparison between deep sedation and general anesthesia techniques.
• Assessment of periprocedural complications associated with each method.
• Deep sedation was associated with a significant decrease in periprocedural complications compared to general anesthesia.
• Statistical analysis showed a p-value of <.001.