Table 3. Characteristics of patients who received echocardiogram or ECG testing.

	Echo not done (n = 96)	Echo done (n = 81)	P
Age (years)*	61.0 (45.0–77.0)	65.0 (49.0–74.0)	.74
APACHE III score	78.0 (65.0–97.0)	80.0 (70.0–96.0)	.51
cTnT level (ng/mL)	0.03 (0–0.09)	0.02 (0–0.1)	.90
Female gender	41 (44%)	36 (44%)	.96
Caucasian race	86 (92%)	76 (94%)	.73
Pneumonia	61 (66%)	68 (84%)	.006
Septic shock	48 (52%)	55 (68%)	.03
Sepsis (w/o shock)	32 (34%)	21 (26%)	.23
Trauma	5 (5%)	2 (2%)	.33
Aspiration	9 (10%)	6 (7%)	.59
Multiple transfusions	10 (11%)	4 (5%)	.16
Acute hepatic failure	4 (4%)	0 (0%)	.06
Known coronary artery disease	23 (24%)	21 (26%)	.82
Prior myocardial infarction	14 (15%)	12 (15%)	.99
Prior coronary artery bypass grafting	3 (3%)	7 (9%)	.12
Hyperlipidemia history	19 (20%)	14 (17%)	.62
Hypertension history	39 (42%)	35 (43%)	.82
Congestive heart failure	11 (12%)	7 (9%)	.51
	ECG not done (n = 121)	ECG done (n = 56)	P
Age (years)*	63.0 (45.0–74.0)	63.0 (47.0–77.0)	.45
APACHE III score	80.0 (66.0–99.0)	76.0 (68.0–95.0)	.48
cTnT level (ng/mL)	0.03 (0–0.08)	0.03 (0–0.12)	.60
Female gender	57 (48%)	20 (36%)	.15
Caucasian race	108 (91%)	54 (98%)	.07
Pneumonia	91 (76%)	38 (69%)	.30
Septic shock	65 (55%)	38 (69%)	.07
Sepsis (w/o shock)	41 (34%)	12 (22%)	.09
Trauma	4 (3%)	3 (5%)	.51
Aspiration	11 (9%)	4 (7%)	.67
Multiple transfusions	7 (6%)	7 (12%)	.12
Acute hepatic failure	3 (3%)	1 (2%)	.77
Known coronary artery disease	28 (24%)	16 (29%)	.47
Prior myocardial infarction	17 (14%)	9 (16%)	.76
Prior coronary artery bypass grafting	7 (6%)	3 (5%)	.89
Hyperlipidemia history	22 (18%)	11 (20%)	.86
Hypertension history	46 (39%)	28 (50%)	.16
Congestive heart failure	12 (10%)	6 (11%)	.90

Continuous variables are presented as median (interquartile range), categorical variables as number of patients in each category and (% of the total category).