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Table 1 Differences in baseline characteristics between MAC and GA

From: Local versus general anesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR) – systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Yamamoto

Motloch

Dhedin

Ben-Dor

Behan

Linke

Covello

 

MA

GA

MAC

GA

MAC

GA

MAC

GA

MAC

GA

MAC

GA

MAC

GA

n

130

44

41

33

34

91

42

27

9

3

547

449

42

27

Logistic EuroScore

22.0*

26.6*

NA

NA

23.6

24

40.1*

28.1*

21.8

22.9

**

**

27.3

22.9

STS score (mortality)

11.2

14.3

20.8

16.5

9.2*

14*

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Prior CVA/TIA

10.1%

11.1%

14.6%

24.2%

12%

11%

30%*

9.1%*

11%

33%

NA

NA

19%

15%

CAD

10.1%

11.1%

43.9%

42.4%

44%

52%

55.7%

45.5%

NA

NA

**

**

57%

44%

Renal dysfunction (CrCl >60 ml/minute)

68.5%

63.6%

NA

NA

56%

44%

37.1%

50%

11%

0%

NA

NA

NA

NA

Age

83.7

84.7

82.6

83.4

83.5

83

84.1

83.7

80

83

**

**

79.5

77.6

Females

60.5%

53.3%

65.9%

45.5%

47%

50%

58.5%

63.6%

33%

33%

**

**

NA

NA

Diabetes

25.6%

13.3%

29.3%

27.3%

23%

19%

30%

31.8%

NA

NA

**

**

33%

30%

Hypertension

81.4%

73.3%

82.5%

75.8%

74%

64%

90%

95.5%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

COPD

23.3%

24.4%

9.8%

12.1%

15%

30%

14.3%

9.1%

33%

33%

NA

NA

69%

37%

EF

50.4%*

45.1%*

53.6%

54.8%

57%

50%

52.7%

55.2%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

AVA (cm2)

0.67

0.72

0.6

0.6

0.42

0.38

0.63

0.65

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. A, not available; AVA aortic valve area, CAD coronary artery disease, COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA/TIA, cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic attack; EF ejection fraction, GA, general anesthesia; MAC, monitored anesthesia care; STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons score; *significant. **No statistically significant difference according to authors, numbers not available.