Anaesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy for fracture femur surgery-a case report.
J Clin Diagn Res 2014;
8:172-3. [PMID:
24783125 DOI:
10.7860/jcdr/2014/7102.4154]
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Abstract
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.
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