Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery]
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Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi · Jul 2000
Right ventricular function of patients with septic shock: clinical significance.
To understand the effect of right ventricular dysfunction on circulatory supportive therapy in patients with septic shock. ⋯ The impairment of right heart function may be more severe than that of left heart function in the patients with early septic shock. "Right heart priority" must be seriously considered in supportive treatment of patients with septic shock. The present treatment of septic shock has significant limitations, and even aggravates the existing cardiac dysfunction.