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Editorial
. 2017 Nov 28;136(22):2141-2143.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031281.

Is Less Really More? Conscious Sedation or General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Charles H Brown 4th  1 , Rani K Hasan  2 , Mary Beth Brady  3
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Editorial

Is Less Really More? Conscious Sedation or General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Charles H Brown 4th et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; anesthesia; transcatheter; valves.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures

Charles H. Brown IV, MD MHS; Consulted for a received grant support from Medtronic in areas unrelated to this manuscript

Rani K. Hasan, MD MHS and Mary Beth Brady, MD FASE – none

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