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

Table 3

Evolution of hemodynamic parameters before and after increasing dobutamine infusion; 𝑛=18.

𝑛=18	Before		After
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Systolic arterial pressure (mmHg)	115	±19	117	±17.7	—
Diastolic arterial pressure (mmHg)	57	±11	55	±8.4	—
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)	76	±13	75	±10	—
Heart rate/(min)	101	±25	105	±23	𝑃=0.078
Cardiac index (L/min/m^2)	2.21	±0.55	2.95	±0.92	𝑃=0.0008
Cardiac function index (/min)	2.75	±0.87	3.28	±1.26	𝑃=0.0046
Global ejection function (%)	11.4	±3.9	13.6	±4.5	𝑃=0.0074
Global end-diastolic volume (L/m^2)	788	±185	879	±255	𝑃=0.22
Dobutamine (μg/kg/min)	5.3	±4.7	10.1	±5.7	—
Left ventricular ejection fraction % (𝑛=11)	27	±9	30.2	±9.4	—