TY - JOUR AU - Lanspa, Michael J. AU - Shahul, Sajid AU - Hersh, Andrew AU - Wilson, Emily L. AU - Olsen, Troy D. AU - Hirshberg, Eliotte L. AU - Grissom, Colin K. AU - Brown, Samuel M. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/02/17 TI - Associations among left ventricular systolic function, tachycardia, and cardiac preload in septic patients JO - Annals of Intensive Care SP - 17 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - In sepsis, tachycardia may indicate low preload, adrenergic stimulation, or both. Adrenergic overstimulation is associated with septic cardiomyopathy. We sought to determine whether tachycardia was associated with left ventricular longitudinal strain, a measure of cardiac dysfunction. We hypothesized an association would primarily exist in patients with high preload. SN - 2110-5820 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-017-0240-2 DO - 10.1186/s13613-017-0240-2 ID - Lanspa2017 ER -