Factors associated with abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (decreased or increased) in patients with sepsis in the intensive care unit.
Dong Geum ShinMin-Kyung KangYu Bin SeoJaehuk ChoiSeon Yong ChoiSeonghoon ChoiJung Rae ChoNamho LeePublished in: PloS one (2020)
Our findings highlight that female sex and small cardiac size are associated with abnormal EF, and therefore, death. Therefore, female patients and patients with small LA should be monitored closely when they present with sepsis.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- acute kidney injury
- intensive care unit
- septic shock
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- mitral valve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- coronary artery disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- cardiac resynchronization therapy