Anaesthesia for interventional therapy of structural heart diseases

At the German Heart Centre Munich, this therapy is scientifically monitored and evaluated by the Institute of Anaesthesiology in order to improve the periprocedural treatment of these patients (e.g. type of anaesthesiaDrug-induced and controlled unconsciousness with simultaneous suspension of pain sensation, muscle tension, defence reflexes and paralysis of the central nervous system. Only in such a condition can operations be performed on the heart., blood transfusionBlood transfusion; infusion of blood or blood components to compensate for blood loss., etc.). With the expansion of interventional therapy to other heart valves, the areas of anaesthesiological use will also expand.

Publications

Early Outcome in Patients Requiring Conversion to General Anesthesia During Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Mayr NP, Pellegrini C, Rheude T, Trenkwalder T, Alvarez-Covarrubias HA, Xhepa E, van der Starre P, Wiesner G, Schunkert H, Tassani-Prell P, Joner M. Am J Cardiol. 2020 Jul 15;127:99-104. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.04.024. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Comparison of sedation and general anaesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation on cerebral oxygen saturation and neurocognitive outcome†.

Mayr NP, Hapfelmeier A, Martin K, Kurz A, van der Starre P, Babik B, Mazzitelli D, Lange R, Wiesner G, Tassani-Prell P. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Jan;116(1):90-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/aev294. Epub 2015 Sep 29.

Contact

Dr N. Patrick Mayr
mayrp@dhm.mhn.de