Data Collection
The clinical data of these patients including laboratory results,
clinical outcomes were collected and analyzed from electronic medical
records. The echocardiographic image acquisition, measurement and
results were acquired from the imaging management system in ultrasound
department. Bedside echocardiographic examinations were performed in
critical patients with Mindray portable machine. Siemens Machine (ACUSON
OXANA1) was used for image acquisition of non-critical patients. The
cardiac biomarkers were traced and assessed on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 and
30.