Sequential combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Kumari Indira; Kumar Sanjeev; Gupta Sunanda

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Year : 2007 | Volume : 51 | Issue : 2 | Page : 137

Sequential combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Kumari Indira¹, Kumar Sanjeev², Gupta Sunanda³
¹ M.D., Asso. Prof., Department of Anaesthesiology, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur - 313001, Rajasthan, India
² M.B.B.S., Registrar, Department of Anaesthesiology, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur - 313001, Rajasthan, India
³ M.D.,Ph.D.,MNAMS., Prof. & Unit Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur - 313001, Rajasthan, India

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is defined as the onset of acute heart failure without demonstrable cause in the last trimester of pregnancy or within the first 6 months after delivery.We report a case of PPCM (LVEF<25%) requiring caesarean section who was successfully managed with sequential combined spinal epidural anaesthesia.

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