Comparison of safety and periprocedural complications of transfemoral aortic valve replacement in local anesthesia in minimalist versus complete heart team.

CONCLUSIONS: TAVR in local anesthesia can be safely performed by a minimalist heart team. We did not observe any differences in fatal periprocedural complications and mortality when comparing with results of a complete heart team. PMID: 30636681 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research