Mechanisms of cardiac and renal dysfunction in patients dying of sepsis.
Mechanisms of cardiac and renal dysfunction in patients dying of sepsis.
O. Takasu,J. Gaut,12 Authors,R. Hotchkiss
2013 · DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201211-1983OC
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 433 Citations
TLDR
Cell death is rare in sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction, but cardiomyocyte injury occurs, and the degree of cell injury and death does not account for severity of sepsi-induced organ dysfunction.