© 2015, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. DOI: 10.1111/echo.12926
Echocardiography
Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion and Its Association with Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Deepakraj Gajanana, M.D.,* Harish Seetha Rammohan, M.D.,* Oluseun Alli, M.D.,† Abel Romero-Corral, M.D., M.Sc.,* Bhaskar Purushottam, M.D.,‡ Shiva Ponamgi, M.D.,§ Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.,* and Gregg S. Pressman, M.D.* *The Institute for Heart and Vascular Health and Cardiovascular Diseases, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; †Division of Cardiovascular disease, UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama; ‡Zena & Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; and §Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin, Minnesota
Background: Transient left ventricular dysfunction can occur under conditions of extreme emotional or physiological stress. There is little data on right ventricular function in such situations. Methods: One hundred twenty patients admitted to an ICU with a noncardiac illness were studied. Those with documented coronary disease, ejection fraction