Abstract:Objective To explore the effects of maintenance anesthesia with remimazolam on hemodynamic changes and anesthesia-related adverse reactions during thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 212 patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection who underwent TEVAR at the Sichuan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital between June 2022 and June 2025. According to the anesthetic regimen used throughout the perioperative period, patients were divided into the remimazolam group (106 cases, anesthesia induced and maintained with remimazolam) and the propofol group (106 cases, anesthesia induced and maintained with propofol). The primary endpoints [heart rate fluctuation (ΔHR), mean arterial pressure fluctuation (ΔMAP) ] and secondary endpoints [mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), and bispectral index (BIS) values at anesthesia induction (T0), tracheal intubation (T1), 5 min after tracheal intubation (T2), the end of surgery (T3), tracheal extubation (T4), and 5 min after tracheal extubation (T5), as well as length of hospital stay, duration of anesthesia, time from discontinuation of anesthetic agents to tracheal extubation (extubation performed in the operating room), and the incidence of anesthesia-related adverse events] were recorded in both groups.Results The time from discontinuation of anesthetic agents to tracheal extubation was shorter in the remimazolam group than in the propofol group (P < 0.05). Comparisons of HR and MAP between the two groups during the T0-T3 period showed that they were different across the time points (P < 0.05) and between the two groups (P < 0.05), and that the trends of HR and MAP changes over time differed significantly between the two groups (P < 0.05). Comparisons of HR and MAP during the T3-T5 period showed that they were different across the time points (P < 0.05) and between the two groups (P < 0.05), and that the trends of HR and MAP changes over time differed significantly between the two groups (P < 0.05). Comparisons of SpO2 and BIS during the T0-T3 period showed that no significant difference was observed in SpO2 across different time points (P > 0.05), whereas BIS differed significantly across time points (P < 0.05). Significant differences in SpO2 and BIS were observed between the two groups (P < 0.05), and no significant difference was observed in the trend of SpO2 changes between the two groups (P > 0.05), whereas the trend of BIS changes differed significantly between the two groups (P < 0.05). Comparisons of SpO2 and BIS during the T3-T5 period showed that significant differences in SpO2 and BIS were observed across different time points (P < 0.05) and between the two groups (P < 0.05), and that the trends of SpO2 and BIS changes differed significantly between the two groups (P < 0.05). The incidence of injection pain was lower in the remimazolam group than in the propofol group (P < 0.05).Conclusion For patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection undergoing TEVAR, anesthesia induced and maintained with remimazolam provides more stable hemodynamics, helps shorten the time to tracheal extubation, and reduces the incidence of injection pain.