High body mass index is a risk factor for difficult deep sedation in percutaneous mitral valve repair.

High body mass index is a risk factor for difficult deep sedation in percutaneous mitral valve repair.

The safety and efficacy of deep sedation (DS) in MitraClip® procedures have been shown previously. However, clinical experience demonstrates that in some patients DS is difficult to achieve. We hypothesize that some patient characteristics can predict difficult DS.We prospectively analysed 69 patien...

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Main Authors: Katharina Hellhammer, Shazia Afzal, Renate Tigges, Maximilian Spieker, Tienush Rassaf, Tobias Zeus, Ralf Westenfeld, Malte Kelm, Patrick Horn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5755851?pdf=render

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