Researchers analyzed records of 196 adult patients who
underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center between August 2012 and June 2016.
Not exact matches
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.
Of 795 patients randomly assigned to valve replacement by catheter or surgery, 747 patients
underwent one of the procedures: 390 in the
transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) arm and 357 in the surgical
aortic valve replacement arm.