Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum
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Observational Study
Comparison of echocardiographic indices of right ventricular systolic function and ejection fraction obtained with continuous thermodilution in critically ill patients.
Though echocardiographic evaluation assesses the right ventricular systolic function, which of the existing parameters best reflects the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) in the critically ill patients is still uncertain. We aimed to determine the relationship between echocardiographic indices of right ventricular systolic function and RVEF. ⋯ We found that amongst indices of right ventricular systolic function, TAPSE and S' were well correlated with thermodilution-derived RVEF in critically ill patients.