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Table 1 Echocardiographic findings at initial admission and after clinical improvement

From: Acute heart failure associated with toxic shock syndrome due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus during the postpartum period: case report and systematic literature review

Echocardiographic Data

Day 1

Day 10

LVEF (%)

62.4

63.1

LVDd (mm)

51.1

52.3

LVDs (mm)

32.2

32.6

LAD (mm)

37.4

32.5

LAVI (mL/m2)

27

25

E (cm/sec)

105.3

84.4

A (cm/sec)

47.3

50

E/A

2.2

1.7

e’ (septal) (cm/s)

6.7

8

e’ (lateral) (cm/s)

11.2

16.9

E/e’

12.6

7.7

DcT (ms)

137

187

TRV (m/s)

3.2

2.6

RV basal (short axis) (mm)

39.7

38.4

RV mid (short axis) (mm)

34.4

33.6

RV (long axis) (mm)

69.4

68.7

RA (short axis) (mm)

32.1

30.1

RA (long axis) (mm)

42.5

40.1

IVC maximal diameter (mm)

21.7

19.3

IVC minimal diameter (mm)

18.4

7.2

  1. LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVDd Left ventricular dimension end diastole, LVDs Left ventricular end-systolic diameter, LAD Left atrial dimension, LAVI Left atrial volume index, DcT Deceleration time, TRV Tricuspid regurgitation velocity, RV Right ventricular, RA Right atrium, IVC Inferior vena cava