Evaluation of Cardiac Function Index as Measured by Transpulmonary Thermodilution as an Indicator of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Cardiogenic Shock

Table 2

Hemodynamic characteristics of pairs of CFI/LVEF measurements (𝑛=72).

	Mean	SD
Patient data
Norepinephrine (μg/kg/min)	0.72	±0.79	𝑛=38
Epinephrine (μg/kg/min)	0.77	—	𝑛=1
Dobutamine (μg/kg/min)	9.4	±4.8	𝑛=63
Systolic arterial pressure (mmHg)	121	±20	𝑛=72
Diastolic arterial pressure (mmHg)	60	±12	𝑛=72
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)	80	±15	𝑛=72
Heart rate (/min)	100	±19	𝑛=72
Echocardiography data
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)	31%	±11.7	𝑛=72
Pulmonary systolic arterial pressure (mmHg)	44	±12.3	𝑛=38
TAPSE (mm)	18.4	±4.7	𝑛=63
Transpulmonary thermodilution data
Cardiac index (L/min/m^2)	2.6	±0.8	𝑛=72
Cardiac function index (/min)	3	±1	𝑛=72
Global ejection fraction (%)	14.2	±6	𝑛=72
Global end diastolic volume (mL/m^2)	820	±190	𝑛=72

CFI: cardiac function index; LVEF: left ventricular ejection function; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.