[The relationship between left ventricular artery coupling and left ventricular work and their predictive value on...

Objective: To explore the relationship between left ventricular artery coupling and left ventricular work in patients with septic shock, and further clarified their predictive value for the prognosis of septic shock. Methods: In total, 56 patients with septic shock admitted in the Department of Critical Care Medicine of Peking Union Medical College Hospital were retrospectively enrolled between January 2016 and July 2021. The hemodynamic indexes and clinical data monitored by pulse indicator continuous cardiac output (PICCO) at different time points were collected. To reveal alterations of arterial elastance index (EaI), end-systolic elastance index (EesI), EaI/EesI, stroke work (SW), total cardiac function (PVA), and left ventricular ejection efficiency (LVEf) in patients with septic shock at different time points. The patients were divided into the death group (n=20) and survival group (n=36) according to the outcome of the ICU. The relationship between left ventricular work and left ventricular arterial coupling and its prognostic value were statistically analyzed. Results: A total of 56 patients were enrolled, 32 males and 24 females, aged (61±15) years. There was a significantly difference in EaI/EesI and LVEf between survivors and non-survivors with septic shock at 6 h (P<0.05). Further analysis showed that the correlation between EaI/EesI and LVEf was most evident at 6 h after intervention. EaI/EesI was negatively correlated with SW (r_s=-0.500, P<0.001), and highly negative with LVEf (r_s=-0.959, P<0.001). Both univariate logistic regression and multivariate regression analysis showed that EaI/EesI (adjusted OR=42.783, 95%CI: 2.725-671.819, P=0.008) and LVEf (adjusted OR=2.293, 95%CI:1.222-4.301, P=0.010) were risk factors for ICU prognosis of patients with septic shock. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that EaI/EesI [area under the curve (AUC)=0.742±0.083, P=0.004; cut-off value 6.10, sensitivity 88.9%, specificity 65.0%] and LVEf (AUC=0.733±0.084, P=0.006; cut-off value 0.24, sensitivity 88.8%, specificity 60.0%) were both effective indicators for predicting the prognosis of patients with septic shock in the ICU. Moreover, EaI/EesI had a better prognosis value than LVEf (ΔAUC=0.120, Z=6.528, P=0.036). Conclusion: It's indicated that EaI/EesI was significantly correlated with SW and LVEf after 6 h of septic shock intervention; EaI/EesI and LVEf are risk factors and effective predictors of ICU prognosis in patients with septic shock. The predictive efficacy of EaI/EesI is greater than LVEF.