Highlights the successful anaesthetic management of a patient with HOCM undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
May aid HOCM anaesthetic planning for non-cardiac surgery; extends sparse reports but remains hypothesis-generating.
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) or asymmetrical septal hypertrophy (ASH) is a challenge to the anesthesiologist due to the complex pathophysiology involved and various intraoperative complications associated with it. Here we report successful anaesthesia management of a case of HOCM posted for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).
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