Anaesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy for fracture femur surgery-a case report.
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is defined as impairment of the ventricular function of the myocardium. The management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy, who undergoes a non-cardiac surgery, is always a challenge for an anaesthesiologist, as this situation is associated with a high mortality rate. We are reporting the successful anaesthetic management of a patient with severe dilated cardiomyopathy for fractured femur surgical repair under graded epidural anaesthesia.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Balaji Institute of Surgery Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled, , Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Koramutla
K
Pradeep Kumar
Professor and Head, Department of Orthopaedics, and Director, Balaji Institute of Surgery Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled , Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India .
Gudaru
G
Jagadesh
DCM; Epidural anaesthesia