Table 3 Incidence of diastolic dysfunction by serial TTE and by definition employed
Definition | TTE #1 (0–6 h) | TTE #2 (18–32 h) | TTE #3 (post-shock) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Definition of diastolic dysfunction | Total abnormal | Total measured | Percentage abnormal (%) | Total abnormal | Total measured | Percentage abnormal (%) | Total abnormal | Total measured | Percentage abnormal (%) |
Primary definition | 27 | 74 | 36.4 | 30 | 68 | 44.1 | 33 | 59 | 55.9 |
Full ASE definition | 1 | 70 | 1.4 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 2.0 |
e’ < 9.6 cm/s or E/e’ >15 (Fischer et al. [14]) | 44 | 74 | 59.4 | 44 | 61 | 72.1 | 40 | 57 | 70.2 |