Key result
This mini-review summarizes potential complications that anesthesiologists may contend with during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
Why the study?
TAVR has expanded to lower-risk patients and cardiac anesthesia teams frequently manage these procedures, requiring awareness of potential complications.
What are the potential complications that anesthesiologists may contend with during TAVR?
What are the potential complications that anesthesiologists may contend with during TAVR?
This review highlights the potential complications anesthesiologists must be prepared to manage during TAVR procedures.
Description Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the predominant technique for aortic valve replacement in the United States. Initially approved for high surgical risk patients, TAVR is now approved for most patients requiring valve therapy, including younger, lower-risk patients. The procedure is ideally performed in a hybrid operating room equipped with fluoroscopic equipment and transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) imaging that can be viewed simultaneously by the operating team. The operating room should also be equipped to allow initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass, if necessary. Cardiac anesthesia teams are often involved with the management of these patients. This mini-review is designed to summarize potential complications that anesthesiologists may contend with during TAVR.
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Kingery et al. (2022) conducted a review in Aortic valve disease requiring TAVR. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was evaluated. This mini-review summarizes potential complications that anesthesiologists may contend with during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
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