Cardiothoracic & vascular anaesthesia
Long-Term Survival of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Under General Anesthesia Versus Monitored Anesthesia Care
Main finding · Long-term survival (Kaplan-Meier)Result — go to the resultHazard ratio 0.94 95% CI 0.74–1.18Authors' conclusion
Anesthetic management with GA or MAC did not affect the long-term survival of patients after TAVI.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), 2015–2024
- Participants
- 1,390 patients
- Exposure
- General anesthesia (GA) vs monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for transfemoral TAVI
- GAn = 508
- MACn = 882reference
- Outcome
- Long-term survival (Kaplan-Meier)
- Follow-up
- 1, 3, 5, and 7 years
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Hazard ratio
0.94
95% CI 0.74–1.18
P = 0.58
By group
GA
91.1%, 75.6%, 59.8%, and 40%
MAC
93.2%, 75.5%, 63.2%, and 46.9%
GA vs MAC
HR 0.94 (95% CI 0.74–1.18); P = 0.58
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
30-day mortality
P = 0.08
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Original publication
Long-Term Survival of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Under General Anesthesia Versus Monitored Anesthesia Care. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 30 August 2026. doi:10.
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