Research Article

Subclinical Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Septic Shock Based on Sepsis-3 Definition: A Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography Study

Table 2

Conventional echocardiographic variables.

Septic shock (n = 90)Sepsis (n = 37) value

LVEDV (mL)99.2 ± 34.8104.8 ± 23.60.246
LVESV (mL)36.6 ± 16.538.9 ± 12.80.189
LVEDD (mm)45.7 ± 7.047.1 ± 4.70.228
LVESD (mm)29.8 ± 5.431.0 ± 4.30.158
LVEF (%)58.2 ± 9.958.6 ± 8.30.804
FS (%)34.7 ± 5.934.4 ± 5.10.535
LVOT20.0 ± 1.720.5 ± 1.20.117
VTI (mm)19.0 ± 4.019.2 ± 3.90.791
CO (L/min)6.2 ± 1.86.0 ± 1.70.406

Data are presented as means ± SD. CO: cardiac output, LVEDV: left ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV: left ventricular end-systolic volume, LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic dimension, LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, FS: fractional shortening, LOVT: left ventricular outflow tract, and VTI: velocity-time integral. .