Research Article

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

Table 5

Patients with a right ventricular dysfunction; 14 measurements, 9 patients.

MeanSD

Echocardiography data
 Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)29.9%±9.8
 Pulmonary systolic arterial pressure (mmHg)47±6.8
 TAPSE (mm)12.9±1.5
Thermodilution
 Cardiac index (L/min/m2)3±1.1
 Cardiac function index (/min)2.95±0.8
 Global ejection function (%)12±3.7

TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.