Long-Term Implications of Abnormal Left Ventricular Strain During Sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Septic cardiomyopathy develops frequently in patients with sepsis and likely increases short-term mortality. However, whether septic cardiomyopathy is associated with long-term outcomes after sepsis is unknown. We investigated whether septic patients with septic cardiomyopathy have worse long-term outcomes than septic patients without septic cardiomyopathy.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Adult ICU.

Patients

Adult ICU patients with sepsis.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Left ventricular global longitudinal systolic strain was our primary measure of septic cardiomyopathy. We employed a suite of multivariable survival analyses to explore linear and nonlinear associations between left ventricular global longit

SUBMITTER: Beesley SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7996634 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature