The Septic Heart: Current Understanding of Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

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Lukas MartinTobias Schuerholz

Abstract

Septic cardiomyopathy is a key feature of sepsis-associated cardiovascular failure. Despite the lack of consistent diagnostic criteria, patients typically exhibit ventricular dilatation, reduced ventricular contractility, and/or both right and left ventricular dysfunction with a reduced response to volume infusion. Although there is solid evidence that the presence of septic cardiomyopathy is a relevant contributor to organ dysfunction and an important factor in the already complicated therapeutic management of patients with sepsis, there are still several questions to be asked: Which factors/mechanisms cause a cardiac dysfunction associated with sepsis? How do we diagnose septic cardiomyopathy? How do we treat septic cardiomyopathy? How does septic cardiomyopathy influence the long-term outcome of the patient? Each of these questions is interrelated, and the answers require a profound understanding of the underlying pathophysiology that involves a complex mix of systemic factors and molecular, metabolic, and structural changes of the cardiomyocyte. The afterload-related cardiac performance, together with speckle-tracking echocardiography, could provide methods to improve the diagnostic accuracy and guide therapeutic strategies...Continue Reading

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