Supraglottic Airway Use for Transfemoral-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Objective: Examine outcome differences in patients managed either with a supraglottic airway or an endotracheal tube for general anesthesia during transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The authors hypothesized that patients managed with a supraglottic airway would have shorter post-anesthesia care unit and hospital stays and receive fewer opioids, norepinephrine equivalents, and neuromuscular blocking agents, without an increase in 30-day major adverse cardiovascular events.

Design: Retrospective chart review with 1:2 supraglottic airway-to-endotracheal tube patient propensity score matching.