Abstract

The anaesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) undergoing non-cardiac surgery has always posed a challenge for Anaesthesiologist either due to pre-existing or a risk of precipitating congestive heart failure. Hereby, we report a case of an elderly patient with Dilated cardiomyopathy and Ejection Fraction less that 35%, MET criteria more than 5 for mid- Ureteric calculus removal surgery under Epidural Anaesthesia.

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