General Anesthesia Versus Loco-Regional Anesthesia for Transcarotid Trancatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

General Anesthesia Versus Loco-Regional Anesthesia for Transcarotid Trancatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - a Retrospective Cohort Study

Transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement (Transcarotid TAVR) has been increasingly used as an alternative to the transfemoral approach. The general anesthesia, locoragional anesthesia or local anesthesia are three anesthesia techniques that can be used for transcarotid TAVR. We aim to compare the locoregional approach to gerneral anesthesia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients who underwent a transcarotid TAVR at the University Hospital of Caen between October 2021 (when the first TAVR was performed under locoregional anesthesia) and December 2024

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient's refusal to allow data collection and lack of data regarding the primary endpoint