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Minimally invasive approach to calcified aortic valve replacement: Anaesthetic considerations

Tomas Vymazal1

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, 2 School of Medicine, Charles University, V Úvalu 84, 15000 Prague 5, Czech Republic.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
|July 22, 2015
PubMed

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers an alternative to open heart surgery for severe aortic stenosis in high-risk patients. This review examines anesthesia considerations for TAVI procedures.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Interventional Cardiology

Background:

  • Severe calcified aortic valve stenosis often necessitates aortic valve replacement.
  • Open heart surgery is the traditional gold standard treatment.
  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) provides an alternative for high-risk elderly patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the anesthetic considerations for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
  • To discuss the use of general and local anesthesia in TAVI procedures.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on anesthesia for TAVI.
  • Discussion of anesthetic techniques and their implications.

Main Results:

  • Anesthesia choice impacts TAVI procedure management and patient outcomes.
  • Both general and local anesthesia have specific advantages and disadvantages for TAVI.

Conclusions:

  • Careful selection of anesthesia is crucial for successful TAVI.
  • Anesthesiologists play a key role in optimizing patient care during TAVI.

Keywords:
Anaesthesiaaortic valve replacementaortic valve stenosiscalcified aortic valvetranscatheter aortic valve implantation

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