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Characteristics of cardiac dysfunctions among patients who benefited from transthoracic echocardiography evaluation (n = 45) during the intensive care unit course |
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| Survivors (n = 23)a |
Non-survivors (n = 22)a |
p value |
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| Right ventricular dysfunction |
5 (22%) |
12 (54.5%) |
0.03 |
| Left ventricular systolic dysfunction |
9 (39%) |
9 (40.1%) |
0.9 |
| Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction |
6 (26%) |
12 (54.5%) |
0.07 |
| No cardiac dysfunction |
8 (34.5%) |
3 (13.6%) |
0.16 |
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aData are expressed as number (percentage). | |||
Mokart et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R37 doi:10.1186/cc5721 |
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