Fast-track anesthesia in lateral mini-thoracotomy for transapical transcatheter valve implantation

CONCLUSIONS: Fast-track anesthesia using paravertebral-blockade for transcatheter transapical valve replacement in high-risk patients is a possible anesthetic approach. An effective PVB, in addition to a double-lumen laryngeal mask, provide an alternative strategy to conventional general anesthesia. These promising results could encourage further consideration of this approach in similar cardiac surgery patients.PMID:34527324 | PMC:PMC8411149 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-21-751

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - September 16, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ali Haddad Cynthia Szalai Lena van Brakel Yacine Elhmidi Sven Arends Marco Rabis Anca Pop Arjang Ruhparwar Thorsten Brenner Sharaf-Eldin Shehada Source Type: research