Figure 6
From: Clinical review: Myocardial depression in sepsis and septic shock
The effect of serum from septic shock patients and control groups on the extent of myocardial cell shortening of spontaneously beating rat heart cells in vitro. Septic shock patients during the acute phase demonstrated a statistically significant lower extent of shortening (P < 0.001) compared with any other group. Reproduced with permission from [38].