Fig. 2

Transthoracic echocardiography on ICU Day 1. TTE presented severe cardiac dysfunction, left ventricular ejection fraction (17%), left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral (LVOT VTI 4.18Â cm), left ventricular end-diastolic (LVEDd, 50Â mm), left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVEDs, 43Â mm) and interventricular septum thickness (7Â mm). No regional wall motion was observed. (a) Parasternal long-axis views in systolic phase (b). Parasternal long-axis views in diastolic phase. (c) Parasternal short-axis view. (d) Apical four-chamber view. (e) Apical five-chamber view. Abbreviations: LVOT VTI, left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral; LVEDd, left ventricular end-diastolic; LVEDs, left ventricular end-systolic diameter.