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Table 1 Main characteristics of included studies

From: Association of sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study (year)

Study design

SIC definition

Patient number (SIC, non-SIC)

Time of echocardiogram

Age(years)

Cardiovascular comorbidity (%)

APACHE score

Hospital LOS (days)

Inotropic agents (%)

Mechanical ventilation (%)

Septic shock (%)

Outcome

Artucio (1989) [21]

Cohort study

LVSD: PEP/LVET > 42%

33, 16

Day 1

38.8 ± 2.3

Excluded septic shock

NA

NA

0

63

0

Mortality

Charpentier (2004) [10]

Cohort study

LVSD: FAC < 50%

15, 19

Day 2

56 ± 2.7

Excluded CAD

NA

NA

SIC 66.6

non-SIC 73.6

SIC 60

Non-SIC 47

74

One-month mortality

Pulido (2012) [22]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50% or

LVDD: E/e' > 15 or

RVD: s' < 15 cm/s

68, 38

Day 1

Survivors

63 ± 15

Non-survivors

69 ± 15

Excluded CAD

APACHE iii

Survivors

83.8 ± 28

Non-survivors

96.3 ± 31

NA

LVSD 21

LVDD 20

RVD 30

non-SIC 16

LVSD 86

LVDD 62

RVD 82

Non-SIC 74

NA

One-month mortality

One-year mortality

Landesberg (2012) [8]

Cohort study

LVDD: e' < 8 cm/s

131, 95

Day 2

Survivors

56 ± 21

Non-survivors

70 ± 17

Excluded CAD

APACHE ii

Survivors

18.8 ± 6.5

Non-survivors

24.5 ± 7.6

NA

EPI 21

DA / DBA 8

100

62

In-hospital mortality

Wilhelm (2013) [19]

Cohort study

LVSD: ACP ≤ 80%

NA

Day 1

Sepsis

68 (54–76)

Severe sepsis

71 (57–79)

Septic shock

69 (59–77)

NA

APACHE ii

Sepsis

14 (10–18)

Severe sepsis

17 (13–23)

Septic shock

23 (18–29)

NA

NA

NA

19

One-month mortality

Mourad (2013) [23]

Case–control study

LVDD: e' ≤ 8 cm/s

33, 39

Day 2

58 (49–66)

CAD 6.9%

NA

NA

NA

SIC 54.5

Non-SIC 30.7

100

ICU mortality

Prabhu (2015) [24]

Case–control study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%

18, 48

NA

53.71 ± 16.76

Excluded CAD

APACHE iii

Survivor

70.65 ± 13.27

Nonsurvivor

89.34 ± 15.41

9.76 ± 4.21

DA 19.7%

NA

100

Mortality

Sato (2016) [25]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%

Decreased ≥ 10% EF

Recovered within 2 weeks

29, 181

Day 1

SIC

69 (57–79)

Non-SIC

77 (65–85)

CAD 12

HF 20

APACHE ii

SIC 27

non-SIC 21

SIC 43

non-SIC 26

AVP

SIC 37.9

non-SIC 13.3

NA

51

In-hospital mortality

One-month mortality

Vallabhajosyula (2016) [28]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50% or

LVDD: E/e' > 15

LVSD (17, 41)

LVDD (11, 47)

Day 1

68.0 (54.8–76.0)

CAD 19

AF 24

APACHE iii

86.0 (72.0—115.5)

LVSD: 14.7 (9.2–20.5)

non LVSD: 23.0 (8.0–34.4)

LVDD: 23.1 (8.2–31.8)

non LVDD: 15.9 (9.0–31.0)

NA

100

NA

In-hospital mortality

Vallabhajosyula (2017) [26]

Cohort study

RVD: TAPSE < 16 mm

214, 174

Day 3

IRVD

65.6 (55.2–77.5)

RVD/LVD

69.3 (55.3–77.4)

No RVD

64.7 (53.4–74.7)

CAD 14.4

APACHE iii

IRVD

85.5 (68.3–110)

RVD/LVD

84.0 (69.0–104)

No RVD

81.0 (66.0–105)

IRVD

9.3 (5.8–19.4)

RVD/LVD

8.5 (6.0–14.4)

No RVD

9.8 (6.1–16.6)

NA

IRVD 67.0

RVD/LVD 50.9

No RVD 50.6

IRVD 80.0

RVD/LVD 71.9

No RVD 68.4

In-hospital mortality

One-year mortality

Narváez (2017) [29]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%

13, 44

Day 1

SIC

54.5 ± 12.9

Non-SIC

64.4 ± 16.6

Excluded CAD

APACHE ii

SIC

20.8 ± 8.7

Non-SIC

19.6 ± 8.1

SIC

22.66 ± 21.10

Non-SIC

24.24 ± 20.85

DBA 31.5

SIC 50.0

Non-SIC 43.2

SIC 76.9

Non-SIC 68.2%

ICU mortality

In-hospital mortality

Boissier (2017) [20]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 45%

29, 103

Day 1

*Hypokinesia

64 (50–71)

Normokinesia

65 (54–75)

Hyperkinesia

63 (50–75)

Excluded CAD

NA

NA

EPI 4.5

DBA 10.6

80

100

ICU mortality

In-hospital mortality

Vallabhajosyula (2018) [30]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%

206, 228

Day 3

SIC

68.0 (55.7–78.1)

Non-SIC

65.6 (55.3–77.1)

CAD 20

AF 10

APACHE iii

SIC

85 (70–109)

Non-SIC

82 (68–103)

SIC

8.7 (6–15)

Non-SIC

9.1 (6–18.8)

NA

SIC 52.4

Non-SIC 55.7

SIC 72.8

Non-SIC 70.6

In-hospital mortality

Two-year mortality

Jeong (2018) [27]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%,

Decreased ≥ 10% EF and

Recovered within 2 weeks

25, 273

Day 1

SIC

70.6 ± 14.7

Non-SIC

71.8 ± 11.8

HF 12

CAD 5.3

AF 8

NA

SIC

20.8 ± 26.0

Non-SIC

30.2 ± 35.0

44.2%

NA

NA

In-hospital mortality

Rahasto (2019) [31]

Cohort study

LVSD: abnormal LVEF undefined

15, 87

Day 1

48 ± 18

Excluded CAD

NA

NA

NA

NA

100

Ten days mortality

Lahham (2020) [33]

Cohort study

RVD: TAPSE < 16 mm

8, 16

NA

56 ± 18

Excluded CAD

NA

4.91 ± 3.08

NA

0

NA

In-hospital mortality

Shin (2020) [34]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%

36, 330

Day 2

†Reduced

75.4 ± 12.5

Normal

72.3 ± 13.5

Hyperdynamic

72.8 ± 13.0

Exclude CAD

NA

†Reduced 23.2 ± 22.7

Normal 25.5 ± 22.2 Hyperdynamic

17.9 ± 14.0

NA

NA

NA

In-hospital mortality

Innocenti (Mar.2020) [36]

Cohort study

RVD: TAPSE < 16 mm

85, 167

Day 1

SIC

77 ± 13

Non-SIC

71 ± 15

CAD 19

APACHE ii

SIC

19 ± 5

Non-SIC

18 ± 5

NA

NA

0

40

Seven days mortality

One-month mortality

Song (2020) [35]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%,

Decreased ≥ 10% LVEF and

Recovered within 2 weeks

49, 259

Day 2

SIC

65.1 ± 11.2

Non-SIC

64.6 ± 15.0

Excluded patients

without baseline

echocardiography

APACHE ii

SIC

26.4 ± 9.3

Non-SIC

24.6 ± 8.6

NA

SIC 100

Non-SIC 94.9

SIC 73.5

Non-SIC 63.3

SIC 100

Non-SIC 95

ICU mortality

In-hospital mortality

One-month mortality

Kim (2020) [32]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50% or

LVDD: E/e' > 15 or

RVD: TAPSE < 16 mm

270, 508

Day 3

SIC

67.0 (58.0–75.0)

Non-SIC

68.0 (55.8–76.0)

Excluded CAD

Excluded Pt with normal troponin I

NA

NA

NA

SIC 50

Non-SIC 43.2

100

One-month mortality

Lanspa (2020) [18]

Cohort study

RVD: FAC < 35% or

TAPSE < 16 mm

181, 194

Day 1

SIC

64.7 ± 16.0

Non-SIC

60.9 ± 16.5

NA

APACHE ii

SIC

27.1 ± 10.1

Non-SIC

24.4 ± 10.1

NA

NA

SIC 28.7

Non-SIC 24.2

NA

One-month mortality

Innocenti (Oct.2020) [37]

Cohort study

RVD: TAPSE < 16 mm

120, 234

Day 1

Shock

74 ± 12

Non-shock

74 ± 14

Excluded MV patients

NA

NA

NA

0%

40

Seven days mortality

One-month mortality

Chayakul (2020) [38]

Cohort study

LVSD: LVEF < 50%

24, 51

Day 1

SIC

73.1 ± 17.4

Non-SIC

65.8 ± 16.5

HFpEF 18.6

APACHE ii

SIC

25.7 ± 6.7

Non-SIC

22.3 ± 5.6

NA

EPI 9.3

DA 6.6

DBA 6.6

SIC 50.0

Non-SIC 17.6

SIC 62.5

Non-SIC 68.6

In-hospital mortality

  1. SIC Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy, LVSD Left ventricular systolic dysfunction, LVDD Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, RVD right ventricular dysfunction, PEP/LVET Pre-ejection period and left ventricular ejection time ratio, FAC Fractional area change, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, ACP Afterload-related cardiac performance, CAD Coronary artery disease, HF Heart failure, APACHE Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation score, ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of stay, EPI Epinephrine, DA Dopamine, DBA Dobutamine, AVP Vasopressin, NA Not applicable, TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, IRVD Isolated right ventricular dysfunction, LVD Left ventricular dysfunction, AF Atrial fibrillation, Pt Patient, MV Mechanical ventilation, HFpEF Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  2. *Hypokinesia, normokinesia and hyperkinesia were defined as left ventricular ejection fraction < 45%, 45–60%, and > 60%, respectively
  3. †Reduced, normal, hyperdynamic were defined as left ventricular ejection fraction < 50%, 50–70%, and > 70%, respectively