Role of echocardiography in sepsis and septic shock

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Correspondence to: Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Email: Vallabhajosyula.Saraschandra@mayo.edu. Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the Editorial Office, Annals of Translational Medicine. The article did not undergo external peer review. Comment on: Lan P, Wang TT, Li HY, et al. Utilization of echocardiography during septic shock was associated with a decreased 28-day mortality: a propensity score-matched analysis of the MIMIC-III database. Ann Transl Med 2019;7:662.