Association between Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock.

CONCLUSION: Severe LV systolic dysfunction and diffuse pattern of LV wall motion impairment significantly affected in-hospital mortality in patients with septic shock. Conventional echocardiographic evaluation provides adequate information on the development of myocardial damage and accurately predicts the prognosis of patients with septic shock. PMID: 31997614 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31997614?dopt=Abstract

Source: J Korean Med Sci - January 31, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kim S, Lee JD, Kim BK, Kim YH, Kim JH Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research