Inhalation versus intravenous anesthesia for adults undergoing heart valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Many studies have found that volatile anesthetics are associated with improved clinical outcomes for adults undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. However, the effect of volatile anesthetics for adults after heart valve surgery has been unclear. So we conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to explore whether the choice of an anesthetic regimen might influence patients' outcomes after valve surgery.PubMed, Embase,...