• Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
FENG Yuan, Email: fynotebook@hotmail.com; CHEN Mao, Email: hmaochen@vip.sina.com
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Objective To compare the outcomes of local anesthesia and general anesthesia in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).Methods A total of 399 severe aortic stenosis patients were included, who underwent TAVR successfully in West China Hospital of Sichuan University between April 2012 and January 2019. The baseline characteristics, procedural details, postprocedural outcomes, and ultrasound data of those patients were collected. All patients were followed up and the end date of follow-up was June 20th 2020. According to anesthetic mode, the patients were divided into local anesthesia group and general anesthesia group. The differences between the two groups in incidence of postprocedural complications, hemodynamics, postprocedural 30-day mortality, and postprocedural 1-year mortality were retrospectively analyzed.Results Of the 399 patients, 206 (51.6%) received local anesthesia and 193 (48.4%) received general anesthesia. There was no statistical difference between the two groups in baseline characteristics. The symptoms of both groups were relieved. But the incidences of mild bleeding events (12.4% vs. 1.5%, P<0.001), severe bleeding events (10.4% vs. 0.5%, P<0.001), major vascular complications (0.5% vs. 3.6%, P=0.032), and postprocedural 30-day all causes mortality (1.9% vs. 6.7%, P=0.018) were significantly lower in the local anesthesia group than those in the general anesthesia group.Conclusion In TAVR, compared with general anesthesia, local anesthesia is safer to use with lower incidence of postprocedural complications and postprocedural 30-day all causes mortality.

Citation: CHENG Yang, LI Xi, LI Yijian, OU Yuanweixiang, WANG Xi, LI Qiao, PENG Yong, FENG Yuan, CHEN Mao. Comparison of the outcomes of local anesthesia and general anesthesia in transcatheter aortic valve replacement. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(9): 1055-1059. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202008149 Copy

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