Alexander Jobs, Simon Grund, Suzanne de Waha-Thiele, Jakob Ledwoch, Horst Sievert, Tienush Rassaf, Peter Luedike, Malte Kelm, Katharina Hellhammer, Patrick Horn, Ralf Westenfeld, Johannes Patzelt, Harald F Langer, Philipp Lurz, Steffen Desch, Ingo Eitel, Holger Thiele
AIMS: The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare general anaesthesia (GA) and deep sedation (DS) with regard to safety and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay in patients undergoing percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (PMVR). METHODS AND RESULTS: Four studies comparing GA and DS in patients undergoing PMVR were included in an individual patient data meta-analysis. Data were pooled after multiple imputation. The composite safety endpoint of all-cause death, stroke, pneumonia, or major to life-threatening bleeding occurred in 87 of 626 (13...
March 19, 2021: EuroIntervention