Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
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Circ Cardiovasc Imaging · Nov 2015
Left Ventricular Systolic Longitudinal Function as Predictor of Outcome in Patients With Sepsis.
In sepsis, whether the assessment of left ventricular global longitudinal systolic strain (GLS) is feasible and prognostically relevant remains controversial. ⋯ In patients with sepsis assisted in a high-dependency observational unit, feasibility of assessments of left ventricular EF and GLS within 24 h from the hospitalization was acceptable and EF showed no prognostic relevance, whereas GLS showed a correlation with mortality rate potentially relevant in shorter more than in longer follow-ups.