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. 2020 May 15;35(2):67–76. doi: 10.4266/acc.2020.00024

Table 2.

Echocardiographic parameters and cardiac biomarkers of patients

Echocardiographic parameter SIC (n=49)
Non-SIC (n=259)
P-value
Individual Value Individual Value
Ejection fraction (%) 49 34.3±8.4 259 64.7±7.5 <0.001
 LVEDD (mm) 46 49.6±6.0 248 43.4±6.3 <0.001
 LVESD (mm) 46 39.5±6.4 248 28.7±4.8 <0.001
 Mitral E/e’ ratio 36 12.9±5.5 198 12.0±4.3 0.341
 FAC (%) 7 25.3±5.3 17 24.0±8.7 0.712
Cardiac biomarker
 NT-proBNP (pg/ml) 46 19,911.2±18,194.9 233 7,940.3±13,613.9 <0.001
 CK (IU/L) 49 341.7±491.8 245 635.9±3,711.8 0.235
 CK-MB (ng/ml) 49 8.0±12.8 252 11.9±60.3 0.357
 Troponin-T (pg/ml) 48 278.9±492.7 230 104.8±178.4 0.019

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

SIC: sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; E: early mitral inflow velocity; e’: mitral annular early diastolic velocity; FAC: fractional area change; NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide; CK: creatine kinase; CK-MB: creatine kinase-muscle/brain.