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The procedure regularly involves general anaesthesia, necessitating the monitoring of patients on an intensive or intermediate care unit (ICU\/ImCU). This study aimed to investigate the outcome of patients being admitted to a general ward as opposed to an ICU\/ImCU for postprocedural care after TEER.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This is a retrospective study analysing the course of 209 patients that underwent TEER at a university hospital centre in Germany from January 2022 to February 2024. Patients were assigned to either intended postprocedural care at ICU\/ImCU (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009113) or streamlined care (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200995) based on a cut-off date unrelated to this study.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In comparison to the ICU\/ImCU group, patients in the streamlined group exhibited a significantly reduced total hospital stay (median 4 [IQR 3, 9] vs. 3 [IQR 3, 5] days,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.009) and a reduced postprocedural length of stay without an elevated rate of unplanned ICU\/ImCU admissions. Postprocedural care in the streamlined group was not associated with a higher rate of complications nor a higher mortality rate at 30 days (0.9% vs. 2.2%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.6), six months (10.1% vs. 4.7%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.2) or 12 months (16.0% vs. 12.0%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.4).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The transition of postprocedural care from the ICU\/ImCU to a general ward was found to be safe, reduced length of hospital stay and spared the utilization of ICU\/ImCU resources. 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