Anesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and low ejection fraction

ABSTRACT

We report a case of 54 year male, a case of dilated cardiomyopathy with low ejection fraction who underwent Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery [FESS] under general anesthesia. Anesthetic management of such patients is always requires the highest level of expertise as they are usually complicated by progressive congestive cardiac failure [CHF]. The uneventful course of the anesthesia in the presented case was related to the thorough systemic evaluation and careful anesthetic strategy