Anesthetic Management of an Elderly Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Hypothyroidism for Inter-Trochanteric Fracture

Abstract

 Dilated cardiomyopathy is a primary myocardial disease charac­terized by left ventricular or biventricular dilation and impaired contractility. The anesthetic management of a patient with dilat­ed cardiomyopathy undergoing a non-cardiac surgery is always challenging and may be associated with high mortality. Further­more, perioperative morbidity becomes more frequent in the el­derly with steep increases after the age of 75. We are reporting the successful anaesthetic management of a 93 years old patient with severe dilated cardiomyopathy planned for surgical repair of inter-trochanteric fracture under combined spinal anesthesia.