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. 2016 Jun 6;4:14. doi: 10.1186/s40635-016-0089-y

Table 3.

Cardiac data

Baseline 12 h 24 h
LVESP (mmHg)
 Sham 102 (92; 117) 99 (91; 114) 112 (87; 123)
 Sepsis 105 (86; 114) 100 (89; 110) 90; 67; 101)*
LVEDP (mmHg)
 Sham 14 (9; 19) 14 (9; 20) 18 (13; 23)
 Sepsis 11 (9; 17) 17 (14; 20) 18 (14; 21)
dp/dtmax (mmHg/s)
 Sham 1797 (1675; 2170) 2573 (1412; 4028) 2224 (1857; 3590)
 Sepsis 1571 (1341; 2025) 4239 (1817; 4608)* 3150 (1794; 5122)*
dp/dtmin (mmHg/s)
 Sham −2222 (−2473; −1904) −2148 (−2423; −1293) −2461 (−2748; −1246)
 Sepsis −1971 (−2257; −1735) −2090 (−2436; −1743) −2180 (−2719; −1556)
SV (ml)
 Sham 50 (46; 59) 47 (45; 59) 47 (43; 54)
 Sepsis 44 (39; 67) 49 (39; 67) 42 (31; 66)
EF (%)
 Sham 45 (44; 49) 49 (44; 66) 39 (34; 49)
 Sepsis 50 (41; 61) 49 (34; 58) 60 (40; 78)
LVESV (ml)
 Sham 59 (52; 65) 49 (24; 75) 75 (46; 104)
 Sepsis 37 (30; 80) 53 (41; 109) 31 (24; 44)
LVEDV (ml)
 Sham 116 (102; 129) 105 (78; 137) 131 (97; 168)
 Sepsis 94 (78; 118) 99 (90; 204) 86 (62; 114)
Tau (ms)
 Sham 28 (26; 35) 27 (25; 41) 26 (23; 45)
 Sepsis 28 (25; 38) 21 (19; 26) 18 (14; 23)*,**

All data are medians (25; 75 percentile). Sham n = 5; sepsis n = 8

LVESP left ventricular end-systolic pressure, LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, dp/dt max maximal rate of pressure increase, dp/dt min maximal rate of pressure decrease, SV stroke volume, EF ejection fraction, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, LVEDV left ventricular end-diastolic volume

* p < 0.05 compared to baseline; ** p < 0.05 compared to sham group