2017
A Pilot Analysis of the Association Between Types of Monitored Anesthesia Care Drugs and Outcomes in Transfemoral Aortic Valve Replacement Performed Without General Anesthesia
Chen EY, Sukumar N, Dai F, Akhtar S, Schonberger RB. A Pilot Analysis of the Association Between Types of Monitored Anesthesia Care Drugs and Outcomes in Transfemoral Aortic Valve Replacement Performed Without General Anesthesia. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2017, 32: 666-671. PMID: 29277298, PMCID: PMC5766429, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfemoral aortic valve replacementMonitored Anesthesia CareAortic valve replacementGeneral anesthesiaValve replacementAge incrementsMedication dose adjustmentUse of dexmedetomidineRetrospective observational studyType of sedationTertiary teaching hospitalHospital lengthPostoperative deliriumTAVR patientsDose adjustmentConscious sedationAnesthesia careCare drugsPossible differential effectsTeaching hospitalObservational studyAnesthetic agentsDose reductionDrug dosingPilot analysis
2014
Case 3–2015 Preventing Adverse Outcomes in the Very Elderly Cardiac Surgical Patients
Akhtar S, Morris B, Roy R, Balogun SA. Case 3–2015 Preventing Adverse Outcomes in the Very Elderly Cardiac Surgical Patients. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2014, 29: 510-521. PMID: 25440648, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAged, 80 and overAortic Valve StenosisCardiac Surgical ProceduresHumansMalePostoperative ComplicationsTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementTreatment Outcome