Local Anesthetic for TAVI as Effective And Safe as General Anesthetic

For transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), local anaesthetic is as safe and effective as general anaesthetic, reveal results of the FRANCE 2 registry, presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Romain Chopard from France. Dr Chopard said: "Numerous studies have shown that TAVI is a viable treatment alternative for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at very high risk or ineligible for conventional surgical aortic valve replacement. The number ...

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