Epidural Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Patient with Severe Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy -Case Report and Review of the Literature - Abstract
Restrictive familial cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a rare cardiac disease which imposes serious risks on the parturient, especially during labor and delivery. I describe a case of a patient with severe RCM who successfully underwent emergency cesarean section utilizing epidural anesthesia. Other similar cases in the literature were reviewed and discussed. To the best of my knowledge this is the first case report describe the anesthetic management of the restrictive type of this disease.