Conscious sedation is a safe alternative to general anesthesia for heart valve procedure

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA scientists have found that conscious sedation -- a type of anesthesia in which patients remain awake but are sleepy and pain-free -- is a safe and viable option to general anesthesia for people undergoing a minimally invasive heart procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news