title: Critical care management of patients following transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is rapidly gaining popularity as a technique to surgically manage aortic stenosis (AS) in high risk patients. TAVR is significantly less invasive than the traditional approach to aortic valve replacement via median sternotomy. Patients undergoing TAVR often suffer from multiple comorbidities, and their postoperative course may be complicated by a unique set of complications that may become evident in the intensive care unit (ICU). In this article, we review the common complications of TAVR that may be observed in the ICU, and different strategies for their management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelmen School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Jesse M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Raiten
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelmen School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Jacob T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gutsche
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelmen School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horak
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelmen School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, 19104, USA.
authors.forename: John Gt
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Augoustides