Sepsis-related cardiomyopathy: Not an easy task for ICU physicians

• Published in: Journal of intensive medicine Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 257 - 259
• Main Authors: Zhang, Hongmin, Liu, Dawei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Elsevier B.V 01.10.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Critical Care; Critical Care/Intensive Care; Intensive care unit; Sepsis; Septic cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Sepsis; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Septic cardiomyopathy; Intensive care unit

Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction is common. In addition to acute coronary syndrome, at least two types of left ventricular dysfunction can occur in septic patients: typical septic cardiomyopathy (SC) and sepsis-related takotsubo cardiomyopathy (ST). Although the definition of septic cardiomyopa...