• Am. J. Cardiol. · Apr 2020

    Multicenter Study

    Efficiency, Safety, and Quality of Life After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Performed With Moderate Sedation Versus General Anesthesia.

    • Kishore J Harjai, Thomas Bules, Andrea Berger, Bonnie Young, Deepak Singh, Russell Carter, Shikhar Agarwal, Samuel Crockett, Vernon Mascarenhas, Yassir Nawaz, Joseph Stella, Joyce Burnside, Kimberly A Skelding, Matthew Desciak, Alfred S Casale, and Transcatheter Interventions at GEisingeR Structural (TIGERS) Registry, Geisinger Health System, Pennsylvania.
    • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital, Pearsall Heart Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: kjharjai@geisinger.edu.
    • Am. J. Cardiol. 2020 Apr 1; 125 (7): 1088-1095.

    AbstractThere is growing interest in "minimalist" transcatheter aortic valve implantation (M-TAVI), performed with conscious sedation instead of general anesthesia (GA-TAVI). We assessed the impact of M-TAVI on procedural efficiency, long-term safety, and quality of life (QoL) in 477 patients with severe aortic stenosis (82 years, women 50%, STS 5.0), who underwent M-TAVI (n = 278) or GA-TAVI (n = 199). M-TAVI patients were less likely to have NYHA Class ≥3, valve-in-valve TAVI, and receive self-expanding valves. M-TAVI was completed without conversion to GA in 269 (97%) patients. M-TAVI was more efficient that GA-TAVI including shorter lengths of stay (2 vs 3 days, p <0.0001), higher likelihood of being discharged home (87% vs 72%, p <0.0001), less use of blood transfusions (10% vs 22%, p = 0.0008), inotropes (13% vs 32%, p <0.0001), contrast volume (50 vs 90 ml, p <0.0001), fluoroscopy time (20 vs 24 minute, p <0.0001), and need for >1 valves (0.4 vs 5.5%, p = 0.0004). At 1-month, death/stroke (M-TAVI vs GA-TAVI 4.0 vs 6.5%) and a "safety composite" end point (death, stroke, transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, new dialysis, major vascular complication, major or life-threatening bleeding, and new pacemaker: 17.6% vs 21.1%) were similar (p = NS for both). At a median follow-up of 365 days, survival curves showed similar incidence of death/stroke as well as the safety composite end point between the groups. QoL scores were similar at baseline and 1-month after TAVI. In multivariable analyses, M-TAVI showed significant improvements in all parameters of procedural efficiency. In conclusion, M-TAVI is more efficient than GA-TAVI, with similar safety at 1-month and long-term, and similar QoL scores at 1 month.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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