Figure 2
From: Clinical review: Myocardial depression in sepsis and septic shock
The mean (± SEM) left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) plotted versus time for all patients, survivors, and nonsurvivors. Overall, septic shock patients showed a decreased LVEF at the time of initial assessment. This effect was due to marked early depression of LVEF among survivors that persisted for up to 4 days and returned to normal within 7–10 days. Nonsurvivors maintained LVEF in the normal range. The hatched area represents the normal range. Reproduced with permission from [16].