Main Points• Evaluation of perioperative anaesthetic experience with patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valv implantation (TAVI) under sedation or general anaesthesia (GA) is aimed.• Using local anaesthetics with sedation is a more popular modality than GA with endotracheal intubation due to the advantages of sedation.• Acute kidney injury is a frequent complication after TAVI.• Local anaesthesia with sedation can be safely performed during transfemoral TAVI procedures.