Fig. 1From: Strain echocardiography identifies impaired longitudinal systolic function in patients with septic shock and preserved ejection fractionShows the individual data on left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) as assessed by conventional echocardiography in healthy controls and in patients with trauma or sepsis. The dashed line denotes the cut-off value for normal/abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction (50Â %)Back to article page