{"id":5923,"date":"2025-07-17T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=5923"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:19:06","slug":"cardiac-anesthesia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/cardiac-anesthesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiac Anesthesia: What Should Patients Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surgery to repair or replace a heart valve can last hours. Patients have a breathing tube in their throat and are on a cardiopulmonary bypass machine while the heart is stopped<\/a>. Since patients are asleep for the entire operation, it\u2019s no wonder patients often have many questions about anesthesia. Patients want assurance that they will remain asleep for the duration of the surgery and not feel any pain. However, they also want to know how soon they will wake up and whether they will be safe while under anesthesia.<\/p>\n

We recently received questions about cardiac anesthesia from Boheme, who follows the HeartValveSurgery.com YouTube channel<\/a>. Boheme asked, \u201cWhat kind of cardiac anesthesia is used during heart valve surgery? How long does the anesthesia work, and how long does it stay in my body?\u201d To answer Boheme\u2019s question, we met with Dr. Dominic Emerson<\/a>, the Director of Robotic Surgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Dr. Emerson specializes in mitral valve surgery and has performed hundreds of heart valve procedures.<\/p>\n

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