Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia was safely used in a high-risk geriatric patient with LBBB and a history of complete AV dissociation undergoing orthopedic surgery.
Case of AV dissociation in hypertensive LBBB patient under anesthesia warrants caution; leaves open optimal perioperative strategies.
A 70-year-old female patient, known case of hypertension and incomplete Left bundle branch block (LBBB), posted for bipolar hemiarthroplasty. A geriatric patient with LBBB and systemic hypertension is a fatal combination; it may precipitate into complete AV dissociation during anaesthesia and surgical stress. We are reporting this interesting case as our patient had developed complete Atrioventricular (AV) dissociation when scheduled earlier for surgery and got postponed. We had given combined spinal epidural anaesthesia and managed successfully without any complication.
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