Myocardial Dysfunction in Sepsis: A Large, Unsolved Puzzle | Zendy

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Myocardial Dysfunction in Sepsis: A Large, Unsolved Puzzle

Author(s) -

Constantino José Fernandes,

Murillo Santucci César de Assunção

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

critical care research and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 2090-1313

pISSN - 2090-1305

DOI - 10.1155/2012/896430

Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , cardiac dysfunction , depression (economics) , intensive care medicine , pathophysiology , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , heart failure , physics , economics , optics , macroeconomics

Sepsis has high incidence and mortality rates around the world. The role of cardiac depression in myocardial dysfunction during sepsis remains to be elucidated. This review attempts to summarize our understanding of the anatomical, histopathological, and pathophysiological mechanisms behind cardiac dysfunction. Biomarkers to detect cardiac depression have been used to recognize developing problems, but the actual impact of these tools remains unclear.

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