Tavazzi G, Dammassa V, Corradi F, et al. - Researchers examined the relationship between some echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters in critically ill population. In this prospective, spontaneous, noninterventional observational study, they included 117 patients (age 57.2 ± 19; 60.6% male) who were admitted to the cardiothoracic intensive care unit for severe respiratory failure, primary cardiocirculatory failure, and postaortic surgery. The patients were assessed offline for clinical hemodynamic parameters (stroke volume, cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, and cardiac power index) and echocardiographic indices of ventricular function (left ventricular total isovolumic time [t-IVT], mitral annular plane systolic excursion [MAPSE], and left ventricular fraction [LVEF]) were evaluated. Outcome analysis revealed a possible value of MAPSE and t-IVT as reproducible and reliable echocardiographic indices of systolic function and ventricular efficacy correlated with hemodynamic variables in cardiothoracic critically ill patients, whereas they did not identify LVEF to have any correlation.