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Table 4 Reproducibility of measurements

From: Assessing left ventricular systolic function in shock: evaluation of echocardiographic parameters in intensive care

 

EBEF

Simpson

TDIs

AVPDm

LVOT VTI

Intraobserver

6.8

10.6

8.2

4.4

3.1

Interobserver

9.9

8.2

7.2

5.3

4.8

  1. Intra- and interobserver coefficients of variation (%) for EBEF; the Simpson single-plane method of the four-chamber view; AVPDm, atrioventricular plane displacement, mean value of septal, lateral, anterior, inferior measurements; EBEF, eyeball ejection fraction; LVOT VTI, velocity time integral in the left ventricular outflow tract; TDIs, pulsed tissue Doppler imaging, systolic velocity of the septal portion of the mitral annulus.