Amruta Hippalgaonkar1, Dattatraya Gangurde2
BACKGROUND: Patients with paradoxical ventricular septal motion are a challenge to anaesthesiologist due to risk of perioperative myocardial ischaemia and sudden cardiac arrest.
CASE DESCRIPTION: We present anaesthetic management of a 45year old lady with a diagnosed case of carcinoma left buccal mucosa with paradoxical ventricular septal motion posted for modified radical neck dissection with radial free flap.
CONCLUSION: Although clinical manifestations of this cardiac condition may be mild, there is certainly associated pathology of direct relevance, which carries importance in the anaesthetic management in the peri-operative period. Patients with paradoxical ventricular septal motion of any etiology are more prone for perioperative myocardial ischaemia and sudden cardiac arrest, because if cardiac conduction is not maintained properly then it may result in further increase in the paradoxical ventricular septal motion.
