Figure 5From: Early administration of norepinephrine increases cardiac preload and cardiac output in septic patients with life-threatening hypotensionRelative changes in the individual values of the stroke volume index (SVI) and of the end-diastolic volume index (GEDVI) before and after norepinephrine introduction (or increase in its doses) in the subgroup of 71 patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) >45%. The arrows indicate the directions of these changes.Back to article page